Venezuelan Arepa Dominó Recipe: Black Beans and Cheese
Arepa Dominó is a classic Venezuelan arepa filled with black beans (caraotas) and white cheese. This easy recipe shows how to prepare the arepa and its traditional filling for a simple Venezuelan meal.
They are full of energy calories, carbohydrates, protein and fiber. No wonder these arepas are one of the most popular recipes in Venezuela and other Latin countries - learn how to prepare this healthy and delicious recipe!
Arepa Dominó is made with corn flour and filled with white cheese and black beans (known in Venezuela as caraotas). This natural combination is an incredible complement to any meal.
This is a simple, inexpensive and of course very popular recipe in Venezuela, since its ingredients are always on the Venezuelan table.
Dominoes is a board game of Chinese origin that is very popular in Venezuela. In homes, when family and friends get together, it is very common to play dominoes. The game is composed of white pieces with black dots.
The name of this arepa comes from the similarity between the colors of the ingredients, the black of the beans and the white of the cheese, as well as the dominoes.
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What is an Arepa Domino?
Arepa Domino is a preparation based on corn flour or ground corn, which is filled with beans and grated white cheese.
It is very popular in Venezuela, since caraotas are eaten in every Venezuelan home and cheese is indispensable in every meal. Therefore, its preparation depends on ingredients of daily use in the Venezuelan kitchen and they are almost always available.
| Filling | Caraotas y queso blanco rallado |
| Cooking method | Roast |
| Main feature | Contrast of colors and flavors |
| Type | Traditional |
| When to eat? | Breakfast, lunch or dinner |
Arepa Domino ingredients
It is a very common question: what is in an arepa domino. The ingredients of this recipe are very popular in Venezuela and are served a menu at the table of Venezuelans, either alone or in Pabellon format. These are:
- Caraotas fritas (black bean).
- Queso blanco rallado.
How to make Arepa de Dominó?
If you have already prepared some beans, making arepas dominoes is very simple, fry the beans, prepare the arepas and fill them with grated cheese. It is an incredible flavor. With the step by step recipe below, it will be very easy. It is like a combination of arepas with cheese and arepas de caraotas.
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Venezuelan Arepa Dominó Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Warm water
- 2 cups Precooked corn flour of your choice
- 1/4 tbsp Salt
- 2 cups Fried Caraoras
- 200 gr Grated white cheese
Instructions
- Place the 2 cups of water and the salt in a bowl of sufficient capacity. Stir to dissolve the salt. Slowly add the flour while stirring to avoid lumps in the dough.
- Now knead with your hands for several minutes, until you get a smooth and homogeneous dough that does not stick. Divide the dough into 4 portions with which we make balls.Shape each arepa, flattening it with your hands with circular movements.
- Cook for about 8 minutes on each side in a greased pan or frying pan until toasted.
- To fill, open the arepa about 3/4 of the way, leaving the bottom closed so that the filling does not leak out. Add some butter and then add a portion of beans.
- Now add enough grated white cheese to cover the rest.
- Close the arepa as far as possible and as far as the filling allows and serve. It can be served with milk cream.
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Related Venezuelan arepa recipes
Try these other traditional Venezuelan arepas:
- Arepa Reina Pepiada — chicken and avocado.
- Arepa Pabellón — beef, beans and plantain.
- Arepa con Queso — a simple Venezuelan cheese arepa.
Nutritional Information:
Portion of 100 g:
- Calories: 290
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Sodium: 463 mg
- Carbohydrates: 44 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Sugars: 0 g
- Protein: 5 g
Arepas de Domino: History
The name of the arepa domino was born in Venezuelan homes, where families and friends gather to share unique moments. Accompanied by lots of food, games like dominoes and a beer or two.
The resemblance of the domino pieces with the filling of these arepas was enough reason for Venezuelan ingenuity to associate them and baptize this arepa with their name.
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