Arepas con Huevo: A Colombian Energy Breakfast from SECRETS OF COLOMBIAN COOKING by #ChefPachi

eggs

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: scrambled eggs

Tofu provides a plant-based option with lower cholesterol.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier with beneficial fats.

onion

🥗Healthier: green onion

💰Cheaper: shallots

Green onion adds flavor with fewer calories.

Mix 1 cup of corn flour with 1 cup of hot water and a pinch of salt.

Cover the mixture and let it sit for about five minutes.

Knead the dough for about 1 minute until smooth.

Divide the dough into balls of desired size.

Flatten each ball between an open Ziploc bag to about 1/4 inch thick.

Fry 1 or 2 arepas at a time in hot vegetable oil until they plump up.

Make a small hole in the side of each arepa with a knife.

Drop a small egg into the hole of the smaller arepas and a large egg into the larger ones.

Hold the arepa over the hot oil for about two seconds before fully submerging it to cook.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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