Venezuelan Arepas (not to be confused with Colombian Arepas) are a tipical venezuelan dish. They can be filled with dozens of things, and each presentation has a particular name, but they’re still arepas.
- ⏲️ Prep time: 10 min
- 🍳 Cook time: 5 min
- 🍽️ Servings: 3-4
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups of water
- 2 cups of precooked corn flour
- delicatessen to taste
Directions
- Combine the water, the precooked corn flour, and a little bit of salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Mix the ingredients by hand until no clumps remain in the resulting dough and it has a smooth but solid consistency.
- Preheat a pan with oil over low heat.
- Take a piece of dough and form a ball the size of the palm of your hand.
- Carefully slap the ball side by side to make a disk neither too thick nor too thin.
- Repeat the process with the remainder of the dough.
- Put the arepas in the preheated pan and wait for it approximately 2 minutes and a half to flip it over.
- When both sides are cooked, take them out of the pan.
- Cut through the middle of the arepas with a butter knife, and brush them with butter.
- Fill them with delicatessen to taste (ham, cheese, beans, mortadella, eggs, etc.)