Arepa de Huevo

Name: Arepa de Huevo
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 2 cups precooked cornmeal; 4 eggs; Salt, to taste; Oil, for deep frying

Arepa de Huevo/ah-REH-pah deh WEH-voh/

About this dish

A deep-fried cornmeal arepa with a whole egg cooked inside, a beloved Colombian coastal specialty.

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Ingredients

🌽2 cups precooked cornmeal

🥚4 eggs

🧂Salt, to taste

🫒Oil, for deep frying

Method

Serves 2

Mix cornmeal with warm water and salt into a soft dough.

Shape into small discs and fry briefly until they puff and form a pocket.

Cut a slit into each puffed arepa.

Crack an egg into the pocket.

Return to the hot oil and fry until the egg is set and the arepa is golden.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Arepa de huevo is a specialty of Colombia's Caribbean coast, made by frying an arepa until it puffs up, then cracking an egg inside to finish frying.

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