Authentic Colombian cheese arepas with all the fixings

Name: Authentic Colombian cheese arepas with all the fixings
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: American, Latin American
Ingredients: 1 cup warm water; 1 cup pre-cooked white or yellow arepa flour (also known as masarepa - Goya and P.A.N are common brands in North America); 1 cup Jarlsberg cheese (grated); 1 tbsp oil; Pinch salt; ¼ cup Jarlsberg cheese (grated); 1 ripe avocado (sliced); ½ pint of cherry tomatoes (cut in half); ½ red onion (diced finely); Fresh cilantro (chopped finely); Green onion (sliced into thin circles); ½ cup Colombian pico de gallo ((or your favourite salsa)); ⅛ cup Colombian aji ((https://immigrantstable.com/2018/05/18/spicy-colombian-aji-the-best-hot-sauce/, or your favourite hot sauce))

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:15min

Naturally gluten-free, arepas con queso are little golden pockets of corn flour and delicious Jarlsberg cheese that will melt in your mouth with each bite. Cook them on a griddle and top them up with your favourite South American fixings - avocado, tomato, onions, more corn and a couple of delicious salsas - and feel the deliciousness of gooey-on-the-inside, crispy-on-the-outside fried Colombian cheese arepas.Serve with my pico de gallo: https://immigrantstable.com/2018/05/03/authentic-colombian-pico-de-gallo-v-gf-paleo/Serve with my aji hot sauce: https://immigrantstable.com/2018/05/18/spicy-colombian-aji-the-best-hot-sauce/

Updated at: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:21:17 GMT