Classic Breakfast Arepa

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🫓 How to Cook Your Classic Arepa

1. Preheat a non-stick pan over medium heat.
2. Place the frozen arepa directly in the pan. No need to thaw.
3. Cook for 8–10 minutes on the first side, until golden and crispy.
4. Flip and cook for another 7–9 minutes.
5. Slice open, add your fillings, and enjoy.

💡 Cooking tip: Let the first side become golden and crispy before flipping.

⭐ Try This First: Classic Breakfast Arepa

🧈 Ingredients — 1 serving

• 🫓 1 The Daily Arepa Classic White Corn Arepa
• 🥚 2 eggs
• 🧈 1 tablespoon butter
• 🧀 ¼ cup crumbled queso fresco (or feta)
• 🍅 2 tablespoons hogao

🍅 Easy Hogao

• 🧅 Chopped onion
• 🍅 Diced tomato
• A little vegetable oil
• Salt

In a small pan, sauté the chopped onion and diced tomato with a little oil and salt until they become a soft, flavorful sauce, about 8–10 minutes.

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Cook the frozen arepa using the instructions above.
2. Prepare the hogao until the onion and tomato become a soft sauce.
3. Scramble the eggs.
4. Slice the warm arepa open and spread the butter inside.
5. Fill with scrambled eggs, hogao, and crumbled cheese.
6. Serve immediately and enjoy.

☕️ Perfect With

• ☕️ Fresh coffee
• 🍊 Orange juice
• 🥛 Hot chocolate, chocolate milk, or Milo — a chocolate malt powder mixed with milk.

🛒 Ready to try it?

Keep Classic White Corn Arepas ready in your freezer.

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