Chocolo or choclo arepas recipe
Chocolo arepas, also known as sweet corn arepas, are a traditional dish of Latin American cuisine, especially popular in Colombia and Venezuela where they are known as Venezuelan Cachapa. These arepas stand out for their sweet flavor and soft and creamy texture, thanks to the use of fresh corn. Learn here how to prepare Corn Arepas quickly and easily.
Ingredients
- 1 pound shelled chocolo cob Sweet corn
- ¼ Sugar cup or grated brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 2 tablespoons of butter melted
- ½ cup of block peasant cheese or of Coastal cheese grated
- 2 tablespoons of oil
Step by step preparation
- Before explaining the step by step, we must clarify that depending on several factors, other ingredients such as eggs or corn flour can be used in order to make the dough a little more consistent. In this recipe we will explain only one of the different ways that They exist to make those delicious arepas.
- The first thing you should do is get all the ingredients ready, the corn should be shelled and washed well and the cheese should be grated.
- Then they proceed to put all the ingredients in the blender: The shelled corn, the sugar or grated brown sugar, the salt, the previously melted butter and the grated cheese; Then they proceed to blend everything for about 5 minutes.
- There should be a fairly liquid dough which with the help of a spoon they will take to a pan previously greased with butter, they will let it cook until they notice that it is golden brown, then they turn it over and also wait for it to turn golden brown.
- You can also optionally place several pieces of cheese or ham during cooking and fold them on themselves, as if they were omelettes.
- And that's it, you can enjoy these delicious arepas.
Interesting Facts
- The corn used to make chocolo arepas is usually somewhat tender, so the dough is usually quite liquid, which is why many choose to give it firmness using corn flour.
- Corn is a food rich in riboflavin, phosphorus, potassium, iron, calcium, zinc and vitamin B. Yellow corn especially has a high amount of vitamin A (carotenoids).
- Corn Arepas are very popular in Colombia and Venezuela where they are usually called Venezuelan Cachapa.
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