Chicken arepas with banana + avocado
Prep
35 min
Total
15 min
Makes
6
Chef, Ricardo shares with chicken arepa's with bananas, avocados, and feta cheese recipe.
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Ingredients
1 cup
cooked chicken, chopped
3 tbsp
mayonnaise
Arepas
2 cups
instant corn masa flour
2
green onions, thinly sliced
1/2 tsp
red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp
salt
1 1/2 cups
water
2 tbsp
olive oil
Filling
2 tbsp
olive oil
2
ripe avocados, sliced, lightly drizzled with lime juice
1 cup
feta or queso fresco cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup
leaves cilantro
lime, wedges
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the chicken and mayonnaise. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Arepas
- In a food processor, combine the corn masa flour, green onions, pepper flakes and salt. Add the water and pulse until the dough is smooth.
- Let rest for 5 minutes. Shape the dough into 6 discs inch (1 cm) thick.
- In a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, cook half of the arepas at a time in the oil for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Add more oil, if needed.
- Drain on paper towels. Using a breadknife, cut the arepas in half horizontally while still hot. Keep warm.
Filling
- In the same skillet over medium-high heat, brown the banana slices in the oil. Season with salt and pepper. Drain on paper towels.
- Layer the chicken, bananas, avocado, cheese and cilantro leaves on the arepa halves. Drizzle with lime juice. Close the arepas.
- Serve with hot sauce, if desired.