Discover Venezuelan cuisine — arepas, pabellón criollo, hallacas, cachapas, and Caribbean-Andean corn-based cooking.
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Venezuelan cuisine centers on maize, with the arepa (grilled corn cake, split and filled) as the daily staple and the reina pepiada its iconic filling. Pabellón criollo (shredded beef, black beans, rice, fried plantain) is the national dish; hallacas (banana-leaf corn parcels) anchor Christmas. Distinct from Colombian cooking through cachapas, the sweeter arepa style, and guasacaca sauce.