Arepa de chicharrón (pork belly cracklings arepa)
Dish: Appetizer
Quantity: 4
Country: Venezuela
In this opportunity we are going to prepare arepa de chicharrón a variant of the traditional arepa, to make it we only need precooked corn flour, pork belly, water and salt. In the case of chicharron we can use pork belly and cook it and then chop it into small pieces and add it to the dough or if you want something more practical and quicker you can use bagged pork belly or also called crust, although we recommend using fresh pork belly for this arepa de chicharron recipe, since the flavor in the final result is much better.
We invite you to watch our step by step videos where we will show you how to prepare arepa de chicharrón, a recipe to enjoy with the family and that will be really delicious.
Ingredients
- 300 g. of precooked corn meal
- 4 strips of pork belly
- 450 ml. of water
- Salt to taste
How To Make It
Step 1: We begin the preparation of our arepa de chicharrón, for this, in a frying pan at medium temperature, add the seasoned pork belly, add water to cover them by half, wait until the water is consumed and then let them cook in their own fat until they are golden brown, once they are ready, remove them and cut them into small squares.
Step 2: In a bowl add the water, salt, corn flour and begin to knead until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough, then add the pieces of pork belly crackling and continue kneading until the pork crackling is fully integrated into the dough, then take a portion of dough, form a kind of ball, then we are going to crush and molded to give circular shape as shown in the video (repeat this step until you run out of dough arepas de chicharrón).
Step 3: In a frying pan at medium temperature, place the arepas and cook them for 7 minutes, then turn them over, cook them for another 7 minutes or until they are toasted on both sides, and now we can enjoy our delicious arepa de chicharrón.
Tips To Prepare It
To prepare arepa with chicharrón you can use either pancetta, pork belly crackling or bag rind.
Cook the arepa until it is well toasted, this will intensify the flavor of the chicharrón.
What can we accompany this recipe with?
The arepa de chicharrón is a simple and delicious recipe that can be filled or accompanied with many ingredients such as cheese, ham, avocado, shredded meat or chicken, among others, with whatever you prefer, this goes a little to taste, we can also eat it for breakfast, dinner or at any time of the day.
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