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Venezuelan food is about the many foods made and eaten in Venezuela. Most foods came from as a mix of European[1] (Mostly from the Mediterranean sea), African, and Indigenous dishes.[2] The most well known dish is the Arepa, a type of flat bun made with cornmeal (It could also be made with wheat flour[3]) which is eaten as a side or main dish filled with other foods. Other well known foods are pan de jamón, tequeños, pabellón criollo, and hallacas.
Different Venezuelan regions have different foods that are eaten. The most common food ingredients used are:[1][4]
- Grains and legumes: rice, corn, lentils, beans, peas, and other grains.
- Tubers and roots:[5] potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, cassava, and Chinese squash.
- Meats: beef, chicken, hen, goat meat, pork, chigüire (capybara), venison, and a wide variety of fish and shellfish.
- Tropical fruits: mango, banana, papaya, guava and passion fruit.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kohnstamm, Thomas; Kohn, Beth (2007). Lonely Planet Venezuela. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74104-545-1.
- ↑ Long, Lucy M. (2015-07-17). Ethnic American Food Today: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-2731-6.
- ↑ "Cómo hacer arepas andinas | Arepas de trigo". Recetas ABC (in Spanish). 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ Brittin, Helen Clark (2011). The food and culture around the world handbook. Library Genesis. Boston : Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-507481-7.
- ↑ "Venezuela - Crops". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2021-08-02.