breakfast
Arepas Venezolanas
Venezuela's daily bread — golden, crispy-shelled corn cakes made from precooked cornmeal, split open and stuffed with any combination of cheese, black beans, shredded beef or avocado.
⏱ 30 min🔥 290 kcalEasy
★4.8(1,678)
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Venezuelan Chicken Recipes
11 recipes using chicken — Pabellón criollo, arepas, hallacas — rich, corn-based comfort food.
These 11 venezuelan chicken recipes are ready in about 109 minutes on average, with 290–540 kcal per serving, and 45% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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recipes
109 min
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445 kcal
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45%
easy recipes
How Venezuelan cuisine cooks with chicken
Venezuelan cuisine — Pabellón criollo, arepas, hallacas — rich, corn-based comfort food — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Venezuelan cooks work with chicken, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, frying and sautéing.
The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, masarepa, annatto oil, pork shoulder, onion and capers. The dishes here span venezuelan classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Hallacas — Venezuelan Christmas Tamales is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,143 ratings.
11 Venezuelan Chicken Recipes
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Venezuelan Arepas
Thick, golden cornmeal cakes, griddled and then split open and filled — Venezuela's daily bread, eaten at every meal and endlessly versatile.
⏱ 35 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.8(4,231)
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Hallacas — Venezuelan Christmas Tamales
Cornmeal packages filled with a fragrant slow-cooked stew of beef, pork and chicken with olives, raisins and peppers, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed — Venezuela's most cherished Christmas tradition.
⏱ 240 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.9(2,143)
dinner
Hallaca
Venezuela's Christmas treasure — corn dough filled with a rich stew of beef, pork, and chicken with olives, capers, and raisins, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.
⏱ 240 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.9(890)
soup
Venezuelan Sancocho de Gallina
Hearty Venezuelan chicken and vegetable stew with corn, plantain, and yuca — the ultimate comfort soup.
⏱ 95 min🔥 380 kcalMedium
★4.8(287)
soup
Sancocho Venezolano
Venezuelan hearty chicken and root vegetable stew with corn, yuca and plantain — a complete one-pot meal.
⏱ 100 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.8(534)
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Arepa Reina Pepiada
Venezuelan corn arepa filled with chicken-avocado salad — the queen of arepas, named for a beauty queen.
⏱ 45 min🔥 540 kcalEasy
★4.9(1,320)
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Arepas Reina Pepiada
Venezuela's iconic stuffed arepa with creamy avocado-chicken salad — created for a 1955 beauty queen.
⏱ 45 min🔥 510 kcalEasy
★4.9(1,240)
✨ Newdinner
Hallacas Venezolanas (Venezuelan Christmas Corn Tamales)
Venezuela's iconic Christmas dish — complex spiced stew of beef, pork and chicken wrapped in seasoned corn dough, studded with olives, capers and raisins, wrapped in banana leaves and boiled.
⏱ 270 min🔥 520 kcalHard
★4.9(1,640)
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Empanadas Venezolanas (Venezuelan Fried Corn Empanadas)
Golden, crispy Venezuelan empanadas made from precooked corn dough, fried until crackling, and filled with seasoned beef, black beans, or cheese.
⏱ 50 min🔥 340 kcalMedium
★4.8(560)
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Reina Pepiada Arepas
Venezuelan arepas stuffed with creamy avocado chicken salad and fresh herbs.
⏱ 45 min🔥 460 kcalEasy
★4.8(980)
Choosing & preparing chicken
How to choose
Look for plump, pinkish flesh with no grey patches and a clean smell. Thighs stay juicier than breasts and forgive overcooking; bone-in, skin-on pieces deliver the most flavour.
Prep & storage
Pat dry before searing for proper browning, and bring it to room temperature for 15 minutes so it cooks evenly. Marinades with acid or yoghurt tenderise lean breast meat.
When is it done?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
Nutrition
A lean, high-protein choice: a skinless breast delivers roughly 31 g of protein per 100 g with very little saturated fat.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, thyme, ginger, paprika, yoghurt
Venezuelan Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do Venezuelan chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 11 Venezuelan chicken recipes are ready in around 109 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Arepas Venezolanas, takes about 30 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 270 minutes.
How many calories are in Venezuelan chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 290 to 540 kcal per serving, averaging 445 kcal — Arepas Venezolanas is the lightest option at 290 kcal.
What is the easiest Venezuelan chicken recipe for beginners?
Arepas Venezolanas is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 30 minutes. 45% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in Venezuelan cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with garlic, masarepa, annatto oil, pork shoulder, onion and capers. Venezuelan kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
How do I know when chicken is properly cooked?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
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