Puerco Arepas

[gracoman]

It's a leftovers night so I did up some Puerco Pibil Arepas.

Arepas are a mostly a Venezuelan and Colombian dish. A common street food, arepas are a South American bread replacement eaten filled with cheese, butter, beans, meats or whatever is available.

These are Venezuelan style.

Add water to P.A.N. pre-cooked cornmeal and knead into a soft dough. P.A.N. must be used. There is no substitute.




Rolling a ball of dough between your palms, form into a disc and fry in butter to "put on a face" or form a crust on the outside




Bake in the oven for 20 minutes to cook a soft interior.




Fry some veggies. Don't forget the chilies.




Add black beans, garlic and fresh salsa




Leftover Puerco Pibil




Smoke some cheddar and jalapeno jack







Put it all together with a bit of avocado




Close them up and serve.
Life is good!

[Critterhunter]

I'm outta But them look Amazing

[SmoothSmoke]

Good stuff man! Being Colombian I make arepas all the time.

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[Vermin99]

Wow those look good!!

[Hoser]

"Bake in the oven for 20 minutes to cook a soft interior."

How hot an oven?
These look awesome and are going on my leftover PP short list.

[barkonbutts]

That looks great! very nice!!

[tadowdaddy]

Woo HOO! Going to be trying this for sure. !

[SmokinOutBack]

I'm outta But them look Amazing

Gotcha covered CH. Outstanding cook for sure!

[Fishawn]

Looks awesome! On the lookout for P.A.N. now

[gracoman]

"Bake in the oven for 20 minutes to cook a soft interior."

How hot an oven?
These look awesome and are going on my leftover PP short list.

I bake arepas between 250 and 350 depending upon how large I make them and how hungry I am . Sometimes I get a little out of control with this .
I also live at altitude and things cook a bit differently here.

No need to limit yourself to leftover pibil with these little gems. Let your imagination run wild with fillings. I was on leftovers duty last night because I ran out of lump for the first time in 7 years.
I was sure I had 1 more bag kicking around but after tearing my garage apart, nope .

Ran out of lump and my cooker looked like this.

[chefrob]

those look good as all get out..........

[gracoman]

Good stuff man! Being Colombian I make arepas all the time.

I wandered into a Venezuelan hole-in-the-wall restaurant several years ago and ordered these having no idea what they were. It was love at first bite and I have been making them regularly at home ever since. I began by ordering P.A.N. online but it is now available at my local market.

Visited your blogspot SS. Good stuff!

[SmoothSmoke]

I wandered into a Venezuelan hole-in-the-wall restaurant several years ago and ordered these having no idea what they were. It was love at first bite and I have been making them regularly at home ever since. I began by ordering P.A.N. online but it is now available at my local market.

Visited your blogspot SS. Good stuff!

You wouldn't believe the face I made when I saw the title of your post last night on tapatalk. Glad you like it, hope others give it a go. The sweet ones are out of this world.

Thanks for the blog comments, I just started it, so it's quite bare bones.

[Slanted88]

Truly very nice! Such a fine collision of flavor...I have learned a gig!