These delicious, golden stuffed Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Arepas are perfect for any time of day. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, the satisfying crunch and cheesy bacon filling will have your family coming back for more. And the best part? They’re super easy to make in a matter of minutes.
Course Appetizers and Dips
Cuisine Venezuelan
Keyword Appetizers, Arepas, Bacon and Cheese Arepas
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Author Kenda @ Remaking June Cleaver
Equipment
large pan
Ingredients
2 ½cupswarm water
2cupsWhite Corn Meal
1teaspoonKosher salt
1teaspoonGarlic powder
Vegetable oilfor frying
10 - 12slicesBaconcooked & chopped
2cupsShredded Cheese of choice
Instructions
Pour water into a medium mixing bowl
Add salt, garlic powder and corn meal gradually
Knead by hand until a smooth but firm dough is formed
Let sit for 2 - 3 minutes
Separate dough into balls. Golfball size if you want to make appetizers. Baseball size if you want to make meal size.
Flatten balls
Place cheese and bacon in the center of half of the flattened dough
Place other flattened dough circles on top and press around edges to seal.
Heat vegetable oil in a large pan over medium-high heat
Fry arepas until golden brown and crunchy (approximately 5 min on each side)