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Colombian National Dishes

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A wide family-style platter of grilled beef with several wrapped tungos.

Colombian National Dishes

Colombian National Dishes

Explore 268 Colombian recipes with measured ingredients, cooking steps and practical serving advice.

24 recipes

24 recipes

Thin grilled beef and two banana-leaf tungos on a broad banana leaf.

Carne asada - tungos

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A rustic banana-leaf-lined platter holds browned, tender carne a la perra with yuca and ripe plantain nearby.

Carne a la perra

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Golden pork shoulder roasts on stainless-steel rods above glowing embers, with yuca, ripe plantain and scallions nearby.

Cerdo asado

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A rustic bowl of golden mote con gallina with tender hen, whole white maize kernels and potato.

Mote con gallina

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Carne asada

Carne asada

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Lomo de cerdo con salsa de mora

Lomo de cerdo con salsa de mora

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Grilled beef steaks with boiled potatoes and white rice on a rustic plate, with a charcoal grill softly visible behind.

Carne asada a la llanera

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Sliced Nariño-style pork loin with glossy lulo and red-wine sauce, white rice and a halved lulo.

Lomo de cerdo con moras o lulos

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Sliced Colombian beef roll with tomato and scallion sauce and a small serving of white rice.

Carne afanada

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Casanare beef steaks grilled over embers, served with boiled potatoes and white rice.

Carne asada al estilo llanero

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Colombian beef stew with yuca, red potatoes and hogao, served with white rice.

Carne sudada

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Thin smoked and dried beef strips, briefly seared and plated with yuca and a plain arepa.

Carne oreada

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Beef braised with beer, tomato and bay leaf in a dark caldero, with plain boiled potatoes on the side.

Carne en caldero

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Opened bijao parcel with golden rice, pork cubes and diced vegetables on a ceramic plate.

Pasteles de cerdo

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Clay pot of pork spine stew with tomato and ají dulce sauce, served with rice, boiled yuca and cabbage salad.

Pebre de Espinazo de Cerdo: Mompox Pork Spine Stew

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Mote de cabeza de bagre ahumado: Mompox Smoked Catfish Mote

Mote de cabeza de bagre ahumado: Mompox Smoked Catfish Mote

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Mompox salted beef with cassava and pintón plantain in a rustic earthenware bowl.

Viuda de Carne Salada: Mompox Salted Beef with Yuca and Plantain

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Tenerife salted pork, slowly simmered and served in a rustic clay bowl.

Cerdo Salado: Slowly Simmered Salted Pork from Tenerife, Magdalena

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Shredded chicken in tomato and achiote sauce with coconut rice and a leaf-wrapped cassava bollo.

Inspired Guiso de Morrocoy: A Chicken Version from Ariguaní

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Goat pieces and wheat dumplings in coconut stew, with coconut rice on the side.

Guiso de Chivo: San Andrés Goat Stew with Dumplings and Coconut Rice

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Shredded chicken in glossy coconut guiso with white rice and chopped cilantro.

Inspired Guiso de Iguana: Smoked-Style Chicken from San Estanislao

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Slices of stuffed pork leg with potato, raisin and herb filling in glossy panela sauce, with tropical fruit cocktail.

Pernil de Cerdo Relleno: Stuffed Pork Leg from San Estanislao

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Sliced Bolívar posta de carne roast with onion-butter pan sauce and parsley on a ceramic platter.

Posta de Carne: Bolívar Oven-Roasted Beef

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A bowl of Mompox pork picadillo with yuca, green plantain and noodles in broth.

Picadillo de Cerdo with Noodles, Yuca and Green Plantain

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