It’s an almost traditional meal in Venezuela just like the arepa, the Pepito is a meal that is eaten in the streets of Caracas and all over the country. Today I am going to show you HOW TO MAKE VENEZUELA (PEPITO) SANDWICH RECIPE

Is a very easy recipe to prepare, like the arepas here I leave the link how to make basic arepas, Pepitos are a food that is normally directly related to the nightlife in Venezuela but you can also eat them on any day at lunch, as I said before there are many food trucks on the Venezuelan streets that are specifically dedicated to preparing pepitos.

You can make them in many ways and with many different ingredients, meat, chicken or mixed. Different types of vegetables, tomato, onion, lettuce,pickles , also different types of sauce, such as ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise or Venezuelan sauces like guasacaca or garlic sauce.

Ingredients for Venezuela Pepito Sandwiches

• 1 onion
• 2 celery
• 1 pepper
• 2 chicken breasts
• 2 lettuce leaves
• 1 avocado
• 2 Tbs soy Sauce
• 2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
• Ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper to taste

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preparation of venezuela pepito sandwich

• Cut all the vegetables
• cut the chicken into small pieces
• heat the frying pan spray with oil
• cook the chicken , and add salt and pepper to taste and then add the soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce , until the chicken starts to brown
• then add the vegetables and simmer for 5 more minutes
• heat the bread and add the chicken with vegetables and other ingredients

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You can make beef and chicken Pepitos like I said there’s a very good post about beef Pepitos https://meatwave.com/blog/venezuelan-grilled-steak-pepito-sandwich-recipe. It’s a different recipe than this one but it’s also very good, I like chicken Pepitos better!

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Let me know in the comments what you think of the recipe if you think it’s easy to prepare and send me pictures of your pepitos to see how they look I hope you can share it with family and friends it’s a very original way to make a good meal.

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