Cook and Salsa Latin American Recipes Logo
Instagram Tiktok Youtube Pinterest-p
Main Dishes

Yuca Arepas with Cheese

January 6, 2023
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

These arepas are hot, fresh, and delicious! Perfect for any occasion, from breakfast to dinner, or just a healthy snack. 

Compared to potatoes, cassava is a more slowly digested starch. Which means that cassava provides a slower, more sustained energy release. Therefore, it is considered a fairly healthy food, ideal to replace refined flours.
Give this recipe a try and let the arepa love begin!

 

Yuca Arepas with Cheese

Cook and Salsa
Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 220 gr Yuca Cassava La Fe
  • 120 gr Queso Fresco La Fe
  • 1 package  Banana leaves La Fe
  • 3 gr Salt

Instructions
 

  • Heat the water over medium heat, add the yucas and let boil until soft, add the salt.
  • Remove from the water and mash the yucca in a bowl.
  • Add grated cheese to the cassava mass.
  • Cut pieces of banana leaf.
  • Create cassava dough balls with your hands and place them in the center of the banana leaf and crush them in a pataconera or with a plate.
  • When they have the shape ready, we are going to brown them in a pan using the base banana leaf.
  • Add cheese and enjoy!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Leave A Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




*