7 TYPICAL DELICIOUS COLOMBIAN DISHES
I want to show you the most delicious typical food that you can try when you visit Colombia or when you visit a Colombian restaurant around the world! If you want to cook, you can try to make it at home with the recipes that are found in the link. The asterisk symbol shows the difficulty; 5 asterisks is the hardest!
- EMPANADAS
You can order this like an appetizer. There are different sizes and you can eat three or four depending the size. It is made with corn, meat and potatoes. They are fried and you can put chili pepper sauce and lemon on top. You can find this dish in various Colombian cities as they have different recipes.If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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2. CHULETA
This dish is typical from Cali, in Valle del Cauca. The main meat could be pork or chicken and its side dishes are rice, plantains, french fries and salad. The meat is breaded; it is similar to milanesa. It has a lot of calories, but it is delicious!
If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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3. BANDEJA PAISA
This dish has a lot of things on the same plate: beans, rice, ground meat, avocado, arepa (It is a corn cake), sweet fried plantains, fried egg, chorizo (It is a kind of sausage), chicharron (It is a pork skin), and the most important ingredient is beans. The people that are born in Antioquia (It is a region in Colombia) are called paisas. This is the most typical dish in Colombia. I recommend you eat it for lunch, not for dinner, because It is too heavy. If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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4. FRIED FISH
You can find this dish on the Atlantic and Pacific coast, usually the fish is freshly caught. Its side dishes are plantains, coconut rice and salad; the coconut rice is sweet and has raisins. It is a good idea to squeeze a lemon over the fish.
If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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5. AJIACO
This is a typical thick chicken soup in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. This has seven kinds of potatoes, sweet corn and you can add capers, avocado, rice and cream. It is healthy and delicious. If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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6. LECHONA
To make this dish, it’s necessary to cook the whole pork with rice and peas inside; they mix with the meat. It is served with arepa (It is a corn cake) and pork skin. Some people buy the whole pig for events and parties. If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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7. PLANTAINS
This dish is great for an appetizer or as a main dish, depending on the size. It is a flat plantain and fried with different ingredients over it such as shredded chicken, meat sticks, guacamole, shrimp, sauces and cheese.
If you want to cook at home, try this recipe:
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