Colombian recipes
13 Colombian recipes for a home kitchen, from 20 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
45 min
Colombian · dinner
Arroz con coco (coconut rice)
Caribbean-coast Colombian rice cooked in caramelized coconut milk, sweet-savory and brown, served with fried fish.
60 min
Colombian · dinner
Cast-iron T-bone with papas criollas and avocado salsa
An air-dried T-bone seared hard, basted with ghee and garlic and finished in the oven, with crispy little Colombian yellow potatoes and a fresh green avocado salsa.
60 min
Colombian · dinner
Rondón (Caribbean coconut seafood stew)
Fish, shrimp, plantain and yuca simmered in seasoned coconut milk, Providencia-style.
90 min
Colombian · dinner
Thin-crust beef empanadas with annatto dough
Hand-rolled, extra-thin empanada dough tinted golden with annatto oil, wrapped around a savory beef and potato filling and fried crisp.
90 min
Colombian · dinner
Colombian sancocho
Hearty chicken soup with plantain, yuca, potato and corn, finished with cilantro.
90 min
Colombian · dinner
Ajiaco (chicken and potato soup)
Bogotá's chicken soup thickened with three kinds of potatoes, flavored with guascas, served with corn, capers, cream and avocado.
100 min
Colombian · dinner
Sudada with yuca fries
Colombian beef braised in a tomato and onion hogao, served with crisp yuca fries.
180 min
Colombian · dinner
Bandeja paisa
Antioquia's feast platter: red beans, rice, ground beef, chicharrón, chorizo, fried egg, plantain, arepa and avocado.
Lunch & snacks
20 min
Colombian · lunch
Colombian perro caliente
Bacon-wrapped hot dogs loaded with pineapple sauce, pink sauce, cheese and crushed potato chips.
30 min
Colombian · lunch
Patacones (twice-fried green plantains)
Smashed and double-fried green plantains with salt and hogao or guacamole—the Colombian side for everything.
40 min
Colombian · lunch
Buñuelos colombianos (cheese fritters)
Golden, round cheese fritters made with costeño cheese and cornstarch—Colombian Christmas essential with natilla.
45 min
Colombian · lunch
Vegan aborrajados (stuffed plantain fritters)
Colombian street snack of sweet ripe plantain sandwiched with vegan mozzarella, dipped in a beer batter and fried, with a creamy avocado guasacaca.
Baking & sweets
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