Hello, dear FoodTrippers. My consultancy jobs are over and I am now back and ready for more foodtrips! This week I am featuring something I made borne out of a challenge by my dear Venezuelan friend, Luis Manuel. It's called arepa, a traditional delicacy and considered the national bread of Venezuela. It was my first time to make arepa when I accepted Luis Manuel's challenge and was excited to see if I could pull it off.
Arepa is a corn-based snack, made from corn flour, baked and lightly fried, and served with a multitude of fillings. For examples, combinations of black beans and meat; mashed mayonnaise, chicken and avocado; scrambled eggs with peppers tomatoes and onions, and a lot more. Arepas are surprisingly easy to make. You mix the corn flour with salt and water, cook it on a griddle and stuff it with whatever you have on hand. In my case, at that time, I had left over fried chicken and coleslaw salad. When my arepa "buns" are done, I scooped out a bit of the insides and spread butter on and stuffed them with my chicken-coleslaw filling and sprinkled with a bit of mozzarella cheese. Yum! These delicious self-contained arepas are excellent for breakfast, lunch or dinner. For me, arepas filled my hungry stomach up instantly.
In the future, I will make experiments to improve my arepa (prevent it from being dry) and cook up more yummy fillings. I hope Luis Manuel was here to sample the results, and I wonder if I would have gotten a passing grade? My husband, although it was his first time to eat arepas, said it wasn't bad at all.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Food Trip Friday 014: Arepa de Venezuela
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Four-eyed-missy
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yum! that looks delicious!
Wow!!! I bet your arepas taste delicious!!! Thanks for your effort and kindness to mention me on your blog...
Welcome back to FoodTripFriday and wow! never heard of that kind of bread before and I do agree that not only it looks delish but also it taste superb!!(I can tell! *wink* )
murag lami jud ni kaau cya. ikaon nalang ko diha dae sarah:)
very interesting food
my entry is here
Great day for us Food Weekenders:)
Thanx for the Visit :)
That's something new,Sreisaat!!I haven't tasted that kind of bread and I'm sure it will fill my hungry stomach,too!!Yum!!\(^0^)/
ps:the local drink is called RAMUNE,usually seen/sold during summer and festivals.I think in english they're called lemonade.They have many flavour of the drinks,too.
forgive my late reply,umuwi kasi kami sa bukid ng tralala lol!Ingat dear!!^_^
Oh Clarissa, you are an angel! Ramune it is called, indeed =) I love, love it. My Japanese friend and fellow blogger Kazumi introduced me to okonomiyaki and ramune.
Please, no apologies necessary. I know how busy you'd be.
Salamat!
hi guapa.. salamat sa bisita:)
here's the recipe of my crevettes à la créme: http://www.easycooking.kalidadis.com/2009/12/crevettes-la-creme.html
Salamat, Ate Amy! Tungod sa imong tabang, makahibaw na jud ko ani sa French cuisine hehehehhe.
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