Encanto Arepas
- Ingredients
- 7
- Steps
- 5
- Category
- Mains
Ingredients
- 1 cup Manteca flour
- ½ a cup of milk
- ½ a cup of room temp water
- 2 Tbsp of butter
- Seasonings
- Hopefully two different kinds of mexican cheese
- Diced Deli meat
Directions
- 1
Gather supplies
- Bowl
- Glove
- Measuring cup
- Comal (flat griddle)
- 2
Make the dough
- Scoop 1 cup manteca corn flour into the bowl.
- Using the same measuring cup, add ½ cup water and ½ cup milk.
- Add a pinch of salt and some onion powder for flavor.
- Mix with your hand (gloved) until the dough combines.
- Add 2 tbsp room-temperature butter (slightly melted is okay, but not hot).
- Mix again until the dough is smooth.
- 3
Prep the filling
- Take off your glove.
- Get Mexican cheese and diced deli meat ready on the side.
- 4
Shape the arepas
- Grab some dough and flatten it into a not-too-thin disk.
- Place cheese and meat in the middle.
- Fold the disk to cover the stuffing.
- Reform into a disk, keeping the filling inside.
- 5
Cook the arepas
- Butter a hot comal.
- Place the disks on the comal.
- Cook until one side looks like a tortilla and is slightly crispy.
- Flip and cook the other side until golden.
- Once cooked through, transfer to a plate to cool slightly.