Tequenos
Sticks of salty white cheese wrapped in thin dough and cooked until golden and crisp, a Venezuelan party snack.
Photograph credit: Tequeños vénézuéliens à Arepado (Lyon), avril 2019 (2) by Benoît Prieur · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Build the Meal Around Tequenos
- Guasacaca
- Garlic sauce
- Cold beer
- Pink sauce
How to Cook Tequenos
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Mix the flour, egg, butter, sugar, salt and water and knead to a smooth dough. Wrap and rest for 20 minutes.
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Roll the dough very thin, about 1 mm. Cut into 20 strips, 3 cm wide and 25 cm long.
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Wrap each strip around a cheese stick in a spiral, sealing the ends with a dab of water.
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Heat the oil to 180°C / 355°F. Fry the tequeños in batches for 2 minutes, turning, until golden. Drain on kitchen paper.
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Notes From the Method
Seal the ends properly.
Freeze the cheese sticks for 15 minutes first.
Freeze uncooked tequeños for up to 1 month.
Storing and Reheating
Best eaten hot. Uncooked tequeños freeze for 1 month.
Common Questions
How long does Tequenos take to make?
35 minutes of preparation and 10 minutes of cooking, plus 20 minutes of resting, so allow 1 hour 5 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 20.
What's in a Serving
No nutrition figures are given for this recipe: they cannot be worked out reliably from its ingredient list (how much frying oil the food takes up cannot be known from the recipe). Why some recipes have none.
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