Light Arepas
- Ready In:
- 28mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
6 arepas
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 473.18 ml precooked cornmeal (P.A.N. Harina de Maiz)
- 2.46 ml salt
- 1.23 ml pepper
- 4.92 ml garlic powder
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 473.18 ml boiling water
- 236.59 ml shredded cheese
directions
- In a mixing bowl, add cornmeal, salt, pepper, baking powder. Mix well.
- Add the cheese (eg: jack, mozzarella, cheddar, or combination)and combine well.
- With a fork, stir in boiling water.
- Add eggs.
- Mix with a fork until dough leaves the side of the bowl.
- Knead dough with your hands only enough to form a ball.
- About 3/4 cup of dough makes one arepa.
- Flatten balls and fry in a lightly greased pan until golden.
- Or cook in arepa cooker until arepas sound hollow when tapped.
- Let cool slightly and serve.
- TO EAT: Split like an Eng. muffin and with a spoon, scoop-out the fluffy cornmeal insides then fill the shells with anything you like. The scooped-out cornmeal can be eaten with a fork or discarded. Or don't scoop them out it's your preference.
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Reviews
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I made these this morning with Instanst Corn Masa Mix for Tamales (masa harina) as I had seen in another recipe. Mine certainly were not fluffy. I'm not sure the baking powder does anything because it acts with liquids and heat. The rise action would happen with the addition of the boiling water, then the kneading would flatten it just the way a cake falls in an oven. I will try this again with P.A.N. Precooked cornmeal.
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Well I know these aren't anything like traditional Venezuelan arepas, but come on guys, the author clearly states that! These are a fun twist if you're tired of having the same old arepa every day, and it might be a great way to do arepa dulce, just don't make them for your Venezuelan mother-in-law! =P
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