Venezuelan Arepas

What is Venezuelan Arepas?
Venezuelan Arepas are flat, round, savory
corn flour patties made with only five
ingredients for crispy on the outside and
tender on the inside delights. This Latin
American staple can be enjoyed plain, on
the side, or stuffed with meat, cheese, or
almost anything you like! How these arepas
differ from the traditional ones is that they
are sweetened with sugar, aniseed and then
in oil so they puff up and get incredibly
crispy. The arepa is a symbol of Venezuelan
gastronomy and one of the most common
pre-Hispanic foods still popular in Venezuela.
The first records of this dish are about 2800
years ago. According to a 2015 survey of the
Venezuelan people, nearly 70 percent of the
nation ate arepas regularly.