Binging with Babish: Arepas con Queso from Encanto 

Thank you for letting me know the science. 😀

@@hollowcat6756 Seconded! Teaching us how this culinary magic works and I love it!

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Ok that is neat!

exactly like when you over mash potatoes and it gets that gluey consistency

I lol everytime he says that Yea, Andy. My local grocer out here in the middle of the woods Michigan absolutely has that seaweed that's grown on literally the other side of the planet /s

This is me right now in the south of England haha

I'm in New Zealand, would have to go to some sort of specialty store for that.

This is why he's gone massively downhill for me these days the channel is more about Babbish flexing than cooking he's gone totally up himself

@@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247 not Mexican tamales. Masa harina is coarser and nixtamalized. Harina pan is finer and is not treated.

This!!!! I never saw someone slice to put the cheese in before but it works haha

THIS IS THE WAY. You pre-fill them with the cheese of your choice, though the melty ones are best.

This is the way

Same! My Mom taught me to stuff the cheese in to the center of the raw dough patty before cooking. I suppose adding fillings other than queso would be difficult this way though. 🤔

I was wondering if this could be done! Glad to know it works!

The Columbian Hotdog/Burger shack near me deep fries them

yeah we stuff them too - also colombian but my family is from Bogotá

Doug

Is there a particular brand you would recommend?

@@andreasanchez3557 doug

same, finally people are paying attention to them

My mom has been feeding these to me ever since I was little. While I wasn’t raised in Colombia, my mom made sure to instil within me a very strong sense of Colombian pride. Seeing the culture and food in Encanto made me laugh as it reminded me of my childhood.

Mas arepas para todos! Kinda cringed everytime he mispronounced arepa, but its fine lol. When I make em, I use the yellow Haring mais instead of the white, and instead of grilling them the whole time, get a crust on each side then bake in the oven to finish cooking. Comes out MUCH softer and savory and delicious!

Me too!! but I've been doing it correctly 🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪

Me too. Arepas, empanadas, bollo, and huevos pericos were my childhood breakfast staples.

masa harina and masa arepa are just brands. masa just means dough in Spanish. the difference is the nixtamalization so that's what you have to look out for :)

They’re the same. You can use PAN to make any kind of arepas, either Venezuelan or Colombian. I’m not sure, though, if you can also use masas from Central America like Maseca or Del Comal, which are used to make tortillas, Salvadoran pupusas and several varieties of tamales from this region.

Thanks, I hate it when they say you can find stuff easily in your local store when I live in a country that doesn't import half the word little sorbitan items you need, love that this has simple substitutions, so if you can't find the stuff living in the same hemisphere, I just feel a bit better now

@@kurtsudheim825 You should try to look for PAN in the asian stores, they usually have them. I'm a Colombian currently living in the country side of Denmark and those saved me.

You can also just grind canned hominy, or even make hominy. Not too hard. Arepas usually have a courser grind than tortillas might, so a food processor works fine.

i do, i dont want any cracks in my arepa

Nadie mide los ingredientes tampoco jajaja uno va con feeling

Right?! I saw that and said, "Nobody has time for that!". Shape them, throw them on the pan and put some diablitos in it.

Verga yo si la dejo como unos cinco minutos, mientras voy rallando el queso

Oh is that so? Let me do that to

Is there any cheese that’s available internationally that you would recommend? I’m from Europe and unfortunately there aren‘t any South American ingredients available. But I would still like to make this

@@StrawberryGirl3333 I just check and you can get queso costeño on Amazon but it's extremely expensive so I recommend you to find a local cheese that's a little bit salty and you would be fine. For the second cheese (If you want to fill it with cheese like Babish) use slices of a type of cheese that stretch a lot, mozzarella or double cream cheese should be fine.

I came here to say the exact thing when I heard him say oaxaca cheese in the dough!. But honestly it's really only "wrong" to put that type of cheese IN the dough. As a filling any cheese is fine, but the queso costeño is definitely the best IMO. My family is from Barranquilla so that's why they use queso coesteño. Babby lives in NYC so he should be able to get it pretty easily. Overall great job though.

@@jesser4221 Would Feta work. I was thinking because Feta is also a brinned cheese that is quite salty like queso costeño so it might be the most comparable for those of us who sadly don't have access to Colombian ingrediants.

@@jenblack98 Yep that's a great replacement.

bruh how my wife is venezuelan and them cats eat arepas nonstop

@@yourvinylplug my mom happens to prefer Middle Eastern, Iberian, Greek, and Italian food over Latin cuisine. It's unfortunate but I'm finally starting to discover my roots, so to speak.

@@LyonTheGreat I’ve always felt it’s weird to feel boxed into a specific cooling style based upon where your family is from anyway. If you’re from China, there’s nothing wrong with preferring Mexican or American food. Everybody likes what they like, and I don’t want to be forced to prefer what my family grew up with.

@@D71219ONE true enough. And lucky for me, I just like food! There's almost nothing I won't eat. Food and music are truly the two great forces that can unite humanity, in my opinion.

^^ agree both if you

As a person that has lived on both countries for a long time and has mixed family from both nationalitys yes there are just so many variations and different traditional fillings too, definitely a hole world to explore Ps: sorry for any typos

Guy can't bring a guest on everything's he tried something new, what's the point of being the teacher if he needs help showing us

Yes! As a Venezuelan watching this, I'd love to see a Basics that represents the different ways South American cultures make Arepas. Ours definitely look a little different than these, I'd love to see some other variations!

Discovered arepas in Cartagena, Colombia. The locals loved a salty, funky cheese, but just some butter is fine. I also like them with an over-easy egg inside.

Arepas de huevo and arepas with anisé and cheese from the Caribbean 😍😍😍

I was thinking the same thing! I wanted a babish recipe so bad!!!

Grew up eating these so I appreciate the vid! Definitely give them a try if you can actually get the correct ingredients. The mas for arepas is specific (arena pan), but you can use almost any cheese you like and it will still come out amazing. Eat em with scrambled eggs for breakfast, or pulled pork for dinner, or just with pico or guac, etc. They are very very versatile and one of my all time favorites!

Well if u go to Columbia that's something u won't miss everywhere and arepas also

Can be made with other type of corn flour

@@A_lame_shady I've made 50/50

Yes. Absolutely the queen of arepas!

Que te quede clara cariña, la arepa ahora y para siempre será COLOMBIANA.

@@MiguelCoRo señor, cállese que cuando la arepa fue creada ni siquiera existía ni Colombia ni Venezuela. Además, el nombre arepa es de origen cumanagoto, una tribu indígena de la zona oriental de lo que hoy es Venezuela, así que si hablamos de reclamación territorial, la arepa sería venezolana.

@@silentgnome suelteme el brazo señora!

@@MiguelCoRo JAJAJAJAJAJA

La arepa es venezolana

I wish it did it in a more exciting movie

@@dbags317 To each his own. I loved the movie and I’m so happy it’s become popular, showcasing Colombia. but not everyone has to like it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@angiea9620 its Venezuelan

These ones are Colombian tho, but yeah, our arepas rock. Just had some for breakfast.

@Juan Pablo Salazar Yup there’s a wide variety of arepas. Though this place is Venezuelan, they do have “arepa colombiana” on their menu, which is basically the one Babish is making. I mostly get the colombiana cause it’s simple and tasty (and cheaper than the others lol)

Now I'm imagining fusion cuisine of Colombian and Irish foods. Maybe some boxty arepas... Potato and corn should play well together.

​@@brianlemon2 Grow a heart...

@@brianlemon2 who hurt you

Whoa cool, I'm half colombian half German! Let's give it up for all the foxy colombian men and women that help spread their heritage to other cultures lol 😆

@@brianlemon2 grow a personality beyond edginess.

No

Greetings from Colombia! You are my fav NES review channel, glad you like arepas. :)

I dont remember there being many

There is?

Huh... Hardly even remember many food scenes let alone where the food is the focus..

@@MadiganinPeach Maybe not where food was the focus, but there were a number of dishes shown.

Why do you need a movie to try new things

Imagine him doing "Reina pepiada"

Hi Tomas

why not

Would the restaurant have regular Disney recipes, Pixar recipes, Star Wars recipes, or Marvel recipes?

@@Neoxon619 yes

DISNEY HIRE THIS MAN

They sell arepas at Disney parks tho

@@beeaggro2593 Do they? Where?

The one where they don't talk about Bruno?

@@Werewolf_Korra yes!

Maybe he will, he just need something easy, fast and delicious for this video

Pero sí conseguirá las guascas y la papa criolla? En donde vivo es misión imposible

@@diegoparga9324 en Nueva York? Si se consigue. Si no yo con mucho gusto le mando una cajita de Miami haha 😆

Eww

ya. that sounds like a basics episode

Masa harina or just masa is corn flour used to make almost everything that calls for masa in Mexican and Central American cuisines. Masarepa is cooked masa which is only for making arepas, I've never actually seen it in a store and only know it exists from seeing it in recipes for arepas. You may also see masa labeled as for tamal, "Masa Para Tamales." How is that different from the masa meant for tortillas? You've got me. I've made tamals with the regular stuff and I've made tortillas with leftover "para tamales," Texture wise I could not tell any difference. But masa is pretty finely ground in either case so maybe there is a difference but I think it is just marketing. Cornmeal is, generally, a coarser ground product and you should not assume it has been nixtamalized, the chemical process that masa undergoes. Nixtamalization is also the same thing, roughly, that makes hominy so hominy grits can be ground in a food processor to make a passable masa substitute.

Yes! I bought a bag of Maseca to make some tamales last Christmas, and it's still in need of being used up. In a perfect world I could use it up making arepas, but I learned that PAN is what you want for arepas. It would help me accept the whole situation better if I understood why.

@@KenS1267 precooked arepa flour is not nixtamalized. You can make plenty of things with arepa flour that aren't just arepas (bollos, hallacas, etc) Goya sells it so they have it at walmart.

@@wildsheepc Pan is just a brand. you just need to find pre-cooked non nixtamalized cornflour

No

Yea, personally I like the sweet ones more but each their own

It’s my favorite type of arepa. Try it with some hot chocolate next time. Makes for a great way to warm up.

Arepas de choclo are just the best, with a lot of butter and a thick slice of cuajada

No

Was just thinking that!

Yeah I was watching this and thinking 'that's nice, but you could just have a pupusa' lol. Not that there's anything wrong with either

Similar. The masa is different though. My wife is colombian but I grew up in an area with a lot of salvadorans, so i had to "convert" from pupusas to arepas. Both are amazing, of course! I believe the masa for pupusas is made from corn that's been nixtamalized, whereas arepas are not.

Corn is truly a gift for all of ud living from Mexico to the south

They're called gorditos in Mexico :]

It is physically impossible not to listen to those two songs on loop

@@breawycker My mind's ear mixes in some "What Else Can I Do" and occasionally "All Of You" (which itself is a powerful earworm gateway because it has melodies from all the other songs!)

@@dbseamz Lin Manuel Miranda makes the best earworms

No

@@Fartucus Why not?

No

No.

I hope either Encanto or Mitchells Vs The Machines will win The Oscar. Mostly Encanto.

@@disneyvillainsfan1666 To be honest, I don't care who wins as long as Luca loses.

SAME!! my tio makes amazing ones but he loves too far away :,)

why? just get some corn flour, cheese and butter

No

No

No

Which is wild cause they're closer to a really sweet grilled cheese

yes!! viva la arepa pelada :D

Carolina - would this be what most people in the US call "Fresh Masa" instead of masa harina or harina de maiz precocida?

Do you have any recommendations for types of arepa without cheese?

@@WDC_OSA leave the cheese out of the masa, and fill it with whatever you like. Reina pepiada (shredded chicken and avocado) is one of the most popular in Venezuela. My favorite is arepa stuffed with perico (scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers). Arepas are super easy and very versatile!

Trying this tonight 100% 🤤

You'd think for a movie all about food and cooking that would have occurred to Andy to do more recipes. The other one that gets me is The West Wing - considering his show's namesake was lifted from a supporting character you'd think he'd have done more than one recipe... that show had an affinity for talking about fancy foods.

Don't know if you know... The top comment on this video copied yours word for word

@@brianhinkley7284 well that's some BS. Just saw 😑

Commenting here so your rightfully owned top comment gets pushed to the top instead of that annoying bot

It's basically a grilled cheese but with corn flour instead of bread. Usually sweeter too

@@beeaggro2593 putting dough and cheese on a griddle is just a winning combination, whether its wheat or corn :)