DISH RESEARCH · Breakfast
Arepa de Huevo
Erica Dinho describes arepa de huevo as a traditional food of Colombia's Caribbean region, familiar from Cartagena's beaches and street stalls.

About Arepa de Huevo
Erica Dinho describes arepa de huevo as a traditional food of Colombia's Caribbean region, familiar from Cartagena's beaches and street stalls. Her egg-filled rendition uses a simple maize dough seasoned with salt and sugar.
The arepas are first fried on their own. An opening is then made in each cake so a whole egg can be poured inside, before the pocket is sealed with reserved dough.
A second frying cooks the filled arepas, which are drained and served immediately. Erica recalls her family eating them beyond breakfast and also suggests them with coffee as an afternoon snack.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Arepa de Huevo
Erica Dinho's Colombian Caribbean egg-filled arepas.
- Yellow precooked cornmeal (masarepa)Base
- SaltSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Warm waterLiquid
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Whole eggsFilling
- CoffeeAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Yellow precooked cornmeal (masarepa): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual106 yellow real option selected over white.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Warm water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual116 selected vegetable oil, both fry stages123/125.
- Whole eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Explicit egg118/125 confirms Egg.
- Coffee (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual48 offered afternoon snack companion.
Origins & food traditions
Colombia association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Colombia
- ColombiaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Colombian Caribbean Cuisine
- Colombian Caribbean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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