Colombian Cuisine: Recipes

Colombian cuisine includes the cooking traditions and practices of Colombia's Caribbean shoreline, Pacific coast, mountains, jungle, and ranchlands. Colombian cuisine varies regionally and is influenced by the indigenous Chibcha, Spanish, African, Arab and some Asian cuisines.[1][2] Colombian coffee is renowned for its high quality.

Appetizers and side dishes

Tostones and hogao

Aborrajado (deep fried plantains stuffed with cheese)

Arroz con coco, rice with coconut

Hormigas culonas (roasted ants) a santandereanas (food from Colombia's Santander Department)

Butifarras soledeñas, Soledeña sausage (sausage from Soledad, Atlántico)

Carimañola, yuca fritter stuffed with ground meat, onion and seasonings

Chunchullo, intestine

Hogao (Criollo sauce)

Queso blanco (white cheese) also referred to as queso fresco

Suero, a topping similar to sour cream

Patacones

Breads

Almojábana

Carimañola

Almojábana

Arepas

Bollos (tubes of ground maize -similar to Italian polenta- or from scratched mandioc -yuca-, served with coastal cheese and sometimes whey or butter)

Buñuelos

Achira biscuits

Carimañolas (like empanadas but made up of manioc)

Colombina (lollipop)

Curd biscuits

Empanadas

Garullas (corn bread roll)

Pan de sagú (sago bread)

Pandebono

Pan de Maíz (cornbread)

Pan de queso

Pan de yuca (baked cheese bread made with yuca flour)

Roscón (a soft and sweet bagel filled with either dulce de leche or guava jam)

Varieties of arepa[edit]

Arepas and chorizo on the grill

Arepa de huevo

Arepa Boyacense

Arepa de arroz

Arepas de huevo

Arepa de maiz

Arepa de queso

Arepa de yuca

Arepa ocañera

Arepa Paisa/Antioqueña

Arepa Santandereana

Arepa Valluna

Arepas de choclo (sweet corn)

Brown rice and sesame seed arepa

'Oreja de perro', rice arepas

Colambian recipes:

Colombian Lentils

Rabbit Stew with Coconut Cream

Colombian Stewed Flank

Sancocho

Colombian Chicken

Sovre Barriga

Cream Cheese Arepas

Patacones de Colombia (Fried Plantains)