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Traditional Colombian Food

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Bienvenidos Parceros

Welcome Friends

 

Get ready to get familiar with Colombian dishes…

Colombia is a northwestern South American country. It’s a lovely place to visit and get to know their history, customs and food in particular. I urge you to continue reading if you are curious what their typical dishes are. You will be able to learn some unique recipes here that you would like to try at home or share with a friend. These traditional food that I am going to talk about is only few but best believe there is so many other good plates you can try.

Colombian Traditional Food:

  • Arepa
  • Bandeja Paisa
  • Sancocho
  • Empanadas
  • Buñuelos

Arepa

It is a bread made from fresh cornmeal in a circular way. There are times when it is eaten alone. Arepas are the base of many meals.

Butter and cheese can be some of the topping for heaping piles
of meat and vegetables.

Ingredients:

-1 cup warm water

-1 cup pre-cooked white corn meal (P.A.N.)

-1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

-1 tablespoon butter

-1/2 teaspoon salt

-cooking spray

Recipe:

  • Mix water, corn meal, mozzarella, cheese, butter, and salt. Afterwards, form balls and flatten with a rolling pin.
  • Cut the dough into circles through the plastic wrap.
  • Coat a griddle with cooking spray and heat to medium-high. Add arepas and grill until golden brown (5 minutes per side)

Bandejas Paisa

A national dish, reigning from Antioquia region. This plate it is a feast that is not for the faint-hearted. This plate has steak, ground beef, chicharrones, rice, beans, and egg, an arepa, and plantains.

Sanocho

Sanocho is a famous dish from South America. It contains different kind of meats with a side of white rice and a few slices of avocado.

Ingredients:

-Plantains

-Potatoes

-Corn

-Yucca

-Meet

-Avocado

Empanadas

It is one of the most popular street food. You would definitely see one on every other street corner. The Spanish word “empanar”  stands for to wrap or coat in bread. They’re deep fried pockets.

Ingredients:

-1 1/2 cups precooked yellow cornmeal

-2 cups of water

-1 tablespoon vegetable oil

-1 tablespoon saloon Goya with azafran

-1/2 teaspoom

For the filling part…

-2 cups peeled and diced white potatoes

-1 chicken or vegetable bouillon tablet

-1 tablespoon olive oil

-¼ cup chopped white onions

-1 cup chopped tomato

-½ teaspoon salt

-¼ cup chopped green onions

-1 chopped garlic clove

-2 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

-2 tablespoon chopped red bell pepper

-¼ teaspoon black pepper

-½ pound ground pork and beef

 

Buñuelos:

Buñuelos is just another street food that is popular. It is mainly seen
on November-December holding days. Mainly a Christmas tradition treat. With powdered sugar, sweet and savory, Buñuelos are reasonably sprinkled.

Recipe:

–Before adding the milk, combine all the dried ingredients, cheese, egg, and butter first.

-Add 1/2 cups of shredded cheese if you are using mozzarella cheese. You will only need to add 2 tablespoons of milk because this cheese is semi-soft. 
-Using 3⁄4 cup feta cheese + 1⁄4 cup fresco cheese is another choice. The salt might need to be reduced to 3⁄4 teaspoon.
You’ve got two soft cheeses now which means more moisture in the dough. You must add 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until you have a dough-like play dough.
Why should you give it a try making these famous Colombian plates?
Trying new things to cook would be so fun. You get to learn about the Colombian culture food and to outgrow as a person. Be able to cook it for a friend and share the recipe. Pass it on!

Please, go out and try these delicious food! Try new things, it is part of life to experience the variety of food there is around the world.

Thank you so much for taking your time for reading my blog(:

 

By Stacy Bueno

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