10/05/2022
AREPAS 🇻🇪🍔 Recipe 👇🏻 It's a corn bun/pocket which can be filled with various fillings. It's a popular Venezuelan & Colombian Street Food.
Arepas:
2 cups cornmeal
Pinch of salt
1/2 warm water or more if needed.
Mix & knead until it's a dough ball. Rest for 5 minutes. Shape into 8-10 disks.
Fry each side for about 5-6 minutes. Cut a pocket in it very carefully to add filling.
Filling:
250g boneless chicken
1 tbsp cornflour
Salt & pepper
Mix all together & cook in 1 tbsp oil.
Fry 1 onion & 2 cloves garlic in oil.
Add 1 tsp each cumin, paprika, cayenne pepper, brown sugar & salt to taste.
Add 1 crushed tomato, juice of 1 lemon, 1/4 cup orange juice (if available).
Let it simmer & add chicken. Cook for a few minutes.
Beans:
Fry 1 onion & 2 cloves garlic in oil.
Add 1 can red kidney beans or black beans, 1 tsp each cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper, salt to taste & 1 Bay leaf.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Optional:
Garlic mayo.
Mashed avocado.
Olives & jalapeños.