Skip to main content

Corn and Cheese Arepas

Image may contain Plant Food Fruit Bread and Pineapple

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 24 Servings

Ingredients

3

/4 cup yellow cornmeal

1

/3 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese

3

tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

1

/4 teaspoon salt

3

/4 cup (about) boiling water

2

/3 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Finely grind cornmeal in blender, 1/4 cup at a time. Transfer to large bowl. Mix in cheese, 2 tablespoons butter and salt. Add enough boiling water to mixture to make very thick batter. Stir in corn.

    Step 2

    Heat griddle or large skillet over medium heat with some of remaining melted butter. Working in batches and using 1 tablespoon batter for each corn cake, drop batter onto skillet and cook until golden brown and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Serve hot.