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Arepas de Choclo (Sweet Corn Cakes With Cheese)

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Arepas de Choclo (Sweet Corn Cakes With Cheese)

Prep:20minCook:20min

Arepas are Latin American corn griddle cakes made with special ground corn. Learn how to make these arepas with sweet corn and queso fresco.

Updated at: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:15:08 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

64

Moderate

Glycemic Load

53

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories564.8 kcal (28%)

Total Fat20.3 g (29%)

Carbs82.3 g (32%)

Sugars10.2 g (11%)

Protein14.1 g (28%)

Sodium364.4 mg (18%)

Fiber4.4 g (16%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

1 ¾ cupsmilk

1 ½ cupsfresh corn kernels

from about 3 ears of sweet corn

2 tablespoonsbutter

2 cupsmasarepa

½ cupqueso fresco

crumbled, or another firm, salted fresh white cheese, like farmer's cheese

2 tablespoonsbutter

for sautéing arepas

Garnish, for serving

Instructions

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laurenkray94· 3 years ago

Makes leftovers

Special occasion

Love love loved this! It’s a process but nothing hard. I missed these and put some uncooked ones in the fridge for later and ate them with queso fresco for three days. They’re also good with some salted butter. Id eat them every day if I could!

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