Chicken and cheese arepa
Dish: Main
Quantity: 4
Country: Venezuela
Today we bring you another delicious arepa that we can include in our daily lunches, since it is a very hearty arepa and with which we can have a complete meal, it is an arepa that we fill with the cheese of our choice and chicken, which after cooking we finish it in a pan with onion, peppers and some spices. Follow our step by step videos and learn how to prepare this delicious arepa.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- 1/2 onion (to cook the chicken)
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt to taste
- 3 liters of water
- 1 onion
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- Olive oil
- Grated cheese
- 2 cups pre-cooked corn flour
- 2 1/2 cups of water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
How To Make It
Step 1: We begin the preparation of our chicken and cheese arepa, first we will cook our chicken in a pot with boiling water and a little salt, add the half onion, parsley, bay leaf, our chicken and cook it for 35 - 40 minutes over medium heat until it is fully cooked, after the cooking time, remove it, let cool and shred it.
Step 2: It is the turn of our arepas, in a bowl, combine the flour, salt, and water, kneading until the dough is smooth and uniform, take a portion of the dough, roll it into a ball, then flatten and shape it into a circular disc (as shown in the video) and repeat this process until all the dough is used. Place the arepa in a preheated skillet over medium heat, cook for about 7 minutes on one side, then flip and cook for another 7 minutes, or until both sides are golden and toasted.
Step 3: While our arepas are cooking, we finish cooking the chicken, for this in a hot pan, we add olive oil, onion and cook for a couple of minutes, add our peppers and cook for 7 minutes.
Step 4: Then we add our chicken, cumin, oregano, mix and cook for a couple of minutes.
Step 5: Finally we open our arepa and fill it to taste with our chicken and the cheese of our choice, enjoy.
Tips To Prepare It
You can use the cheese you like the most, normally we use soft cheese or cheese such as gouda, emmental or edam.
What can we accompany this recipe with?
This chicken and cheese arepa is quite filling and ideal to eat at any time of the day, accompany it with your favorite beverage.
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