Pisca Andina, Venezuela’s Easy Milk & Potato Breakfast Soup
- May 2022
- By Liliana Hernández
- Recipe from Venezuela
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A bowl of pisca Andina soup is Liliana Hernandez’s favorite way to start the day. That’s because this milky-garlicky sopa with potatoes is a beloved breakfast in her native Venezuela—paired with arepas Andinas, of course. Not sure what they are? Unlike the classic corn flour ones, arepas Andinas are made with wheat flour and baking powder. They are a bit flatter and less crispy, but just as delicioso, promises Liliana, who now lives in the Chicago area.
”I’m very excited to share this pisca Andina recipe that originated in the Venezuelan Andes. It is one of my personal favorites,” she says. Watch Liliana step-by-step make this soup on her YouTube chanel Mi Show de Cocina, in Spanish.
Like their name suggests, this soup–arepa combo are two traditional dishes from the Andes region in northern Venezuela, near neighboring Colombia. That part of the country has been cooking with flour for centuries, says Liliana, who regularly makes both types of arepas for her family.
Her family also loves this soup—and not just for breakfast, she says. “If you like sopa, you will love this.”
Bonus: pisca Andina is fácil to make and comes together fast. Liliana, ever the receta tinkerer, made a couple of changes to this Andean dish. The traditional recipe uses water, but Liliana subs in chicken stock to up the flavor. She also triples the amount of cilantro (Liliana admits she is obsessed with this bright herb) and adds a hint of black pepper. Familia Kitchen made this dish Liliana’s way, and it is everything she promises—y más.
Soup, it’s what’s for breakfast in Liliana’s cocina—and Familia Kitchen’s now, too.
For more of Liliana’s authentic Venezuelan family recipes, try her life-changing bienmesabe cake, asado negro main dish for celebrations, traditional toasted corn flour arepas, party-starting melted-cheese tequeños, reina pepiada and carne mechada arepa fillings, and her mother’s go-to ensalada rusa potato salad. All are 100% delicioso. And be sure to check out Liliana on her YouTube channel Mi Show de Cocina, where she is working her way through all her favorite Venezuelan dishes!
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