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Traditional Venezuelan Arepas Recipe or arepas venezolanas. 
Since I posted my arepas enriched with eggs and cheese recipe, I got tons of suggestions to make carrot and sesame seeds arepas, herbs and crushed red pepper arepas, arepas with crunchy bacon bites and so on.
Since I posted my arepas enriched with eggs and cheese recipe, I got tons of suggestions to make carrot and sesame seeds arepas, herbs and crushed red pepper arepas, arepas with crunchy bacon bites and so on.
Honestly, I didn’t know our arepas were that versatile but I promise I’ll start experimenting more with Harina PAN, which is our Venezuelan corn flour, or arepa flour, not to be confused with corn meal and/or corn starch.
A reader from Chile asked me for the recipe to make plain grilled arepas. I thought that was so cute, because the recipe is printed on the Harina PAN package and if you follow those directions you will get the perfect dough. That’s exactly what I do. My only “secret” is I don’t add any salt.
Another story is to give the arepas their perfect round flat shape and this is why, among other reasons,arepa makers are so popular these days: you just make a little ball of dough and the arepa maker will do the rest.
For those of you unfamiliar with the art of making arepas, here is the not so secret formula to make the best plain ones! By the way, this is the same recipe used yesterday by Empresas Polar in my home country to celebrate the 50 anniversary of Harina PAN and enter the Guinness record book with an arepa weighing 493.2 kilos!
For those of you unfamiliar with the art of making arepas, here is the not so secret formula to make the best plain ones! By the way, this is the same recipe used yesterday by Empresas Polar in my home country to celebrate the 50 anniversary of Harina PAN and enter the Guinness record book with an arepa weighing 493.2 kilos!
These arepas are gluten free and can be filled with almost anything (but peanut butter and jelly, I would say), including cheese, ham and cheese, tuna salad, cheese and bacon, chicken salad,scrambled eggs, Venezuelan pabellón criollo, and so on…
Arepas
These are the classic, traditional Venezuelan arepas to be eaten with your favorite filling.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time12 mins
Total Time17 mins
Servings: 10 arepas
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups of luke warm water
- 2 cups of Harina PAN pre cooked arepa flour
Instructions
- Pour the water in a bowl.
- Add the flour and mix with your hands until well incorporated.
- Let stand for 2 minutes.
- Form dough balls according to the size of your arepa maker.
- Cook following the instructions of the arepa maker. In the case of my Miallegro arepa maker, it takes 12 minute to have the arepas done.
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This looks and sounds really tasty and appetizing 🙂 It’s really easy to prepare too 🙂
Thank you!
I use Pan all the time. It’s my favorite corn flour. Now, I need to make this recipe. My husband loves arepas. Plus, I need to get my hands on one of those pans.
PAN is our flaship and arepas are the BEST!
Wow, I never knew about arepas until this post. will try this one out as I love baking breads at home.
Yesssssss!
I’ve never heard about these but they look really good! I think these would be good with taco meat and cheese. Thanks for sharing this recipe, I can’t wait to try making them.
Yes! You can put whatever inside but Nutella or peanut butter and jelly…
Thee look absolutely delicious and I suspect just about anything would be a tasty filling.
And you are absolutely right my dear!
I heard lot about Arepas, never made it myself. I need to give it try. your recipe sounds really easy. Which pan you are using for making Arepas.
The one in this post is Miallegra Arpa Maker. But you can also make them on a regular pan.
Hi. Your arepas look picture perfect! What kind / brand of arepa maker do you use please?
This one is a Mi Allegro.
This is something new for me and it looks so yummy. Thank you for sharing it❤
Thank you!
If Venezuela have arepas, Philippines have pandesal! Thanks for sharing us the special and best of Venezuela 😀
Now I want to try those pandesal!
This looks very tasty. I have never had any Venezuelan food before. Can’t wait to try this.
You will love it!
Not heard of arepas before but how yummy do they look, I am salivating just staring at them online
Oh yeah!
Those look delicious and I’m sure they go with so many things. Thanks for sharing! I’d love to make these but I don’t have that handy pan. It’s fun to learn about new foods and try them out.
No worries, you can cook them on a regular pan… will do a video soon…
I’ve never tried Venezuelan cuisine … that’s why, this recipe sounds really interesting to me! It also looks very easy to prepare! I love the fact that I can use different fillings so that it tastes differently each time! 🙂
Yes Natalia! Th sky is the limit!
This looks like a great treat! I’ve honestly never tried these before.
You’ll love them!
Wow! They look delicious. Definitely going to make these if I get the ingredient in India. I m a sucker for new recipes.
Me too! I really hope you can try them…
These Arepas look absolutely delicious! I have never tried making them myself, but this looks like it would be easy for me to make at home!
They are as easy to make as versatile!
Traditional foods are always great. It looks delicious. And the recipe looks interesting. I would love to try it out.
Thank you my dear!
They look so fluffy!! And I love that they’re such a neutral flavor so you can top them with anything!
Yessssss!
I love culture and through food you learn a lot about other culture too. Glad to learn about the traditional way of making the Venezuelan Arepas. I needed to try this out as I am planning a trip to South America next year.
Yes! Thanks for visiting!
Can’t go to Venezuela but can try out your recipe and eat Venezuelan food.. that’s great.. I wanna try to make this and eat it..
The arepa flour is now sold all over the world.
Oh wow, I have never had arepas but this surely looks so delicious I will need to try them.
Arepas are amazing. You try them and you love them!
Looks like its easy to make. Especially for a non lover of cooking and lover of food like me. I have never tasted it. would love to have it.
Oh yeah! You’re going to love this!
I love these soooo much- i was in Caracas ten years ago had arepas, and have been on a search ever since!! Turned out perfect. I added a little oil before cooking as the cook. Love!!!
Yesss! thank you Felicia!
I have always wanted to make arepas, do you know where I can find the masa pan and can I use something different to the arepa maker?
Buy Harina P.A.N. at the Latino grocery store… no need for an arepa maker. You can use your best comal. I’ll make a video to show you.
Can you share your video with me I don’t have an arepa maker, but I have a comal would love to try it.
I’ll make the video for you. Give me a couple of days and I’ll post it here!
These are super duper easy to make and so good!
Yes! They are the best! Thanks for visiting Denise!