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Colombian National Dishes

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Wide bowl of thick rice soup with gallina criolla, potato chunks and tomato-scallion guiso on a rustic table.
Colombian National Dishes

Colombian National Dishes

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

24 recipes
24 recipes
A thick golden rice soup with tender chicken and papa pastusa in a rustic earthenware bowl.

Sopa de arroz con gallina — Colombian rice soup with stewing hen

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A whole golden-roasted cuy on a ceramic platter over a rustic wooden table.

Cuy — Nariño whole grilled guinea pig

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Separate mounds of grilled chopped beef liver with scallion and ground green plantain, with white rice on a ceramic plate.

Hígado y patacones molidos — grilled liver with ground plantain

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Four white-fish portions in creamy coconut criolla sauce with tomato, red pepper, and onion, with golden patacón pisao beside the bowl.

Pescado guisado — Colombian fish stew in coconut sauce

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Golden parsley-battered catfish steaks with lemon, white rice and patacón on a ceramic plate.

Bagre frito — Colombian fried catfish

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Viuda de Bocachico with cassava, yam and plantains on banana leaves, with the Mompox riverfront beyond.

Viuda de Bocachico — Mompox-style salted fish with viandas

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Cartagena hen stew with potato, green beans and coconut-tomato sauce, served with coconut rice.

Gallina de Cartagena — coconut-milk hen stew

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Salted bocachico with yuca, ñame and green and ripe plantain in a rustic pot.

Viuda de bocachico salado — steamed salted fish with viandas

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Orange cachúa fish guiso in a ceramic bowl with a corn arepa.

Salpicón de pescado-cachúa — Guajira flaked-fish guiso

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Bowl of cooked flaked white fish in tomato-aji guiso with a corn arepa.

Salpicón de pescado — Guajira shredded-fish guiso

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Bowl of golden fried fish balls with cooked cassava in an island-style setting.

Albóndigas de pescado — San Andrés fish balls

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Caldero of bone-in hen in thick tomato and scallion guiso beside coconut rice.

Gallina guisada — San Estanislao stewed hen

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Whole poached bocachico and cassava on a platter beside a separate bowl of aromatic broth.

Viuda de pescado — bocachico and cassava with broth

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Flaked salted catfish with scrambled egg and tomato-onion guiso in a rustic bowl.

Bagre estopiao — Mompox salted catfish with eggs

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Whole grilled bocachico in a charred plantain leaf, opened to show tomato, onion and garlic filling.

Bocachicos rellenos asados al carbón — Mompox charcoal-grilled stuffed fish

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Mompox hen pebre in a clay bowl with white rice and boiled yuca.

Pebre de gallina — Mompox-style hen stew

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Mompox salted catfish with cassava and plantain, topped with tomato-scallion guiso.

Viuda de bagre salao — Mompox Salted Catfish with Yuca and Plantain

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Smoked creole hen in coconut sauce with tomato, coconut rice and cucumber salad.

Gallina ahumada con leche de coco — Bolívar Smoked Hen in Coconut Milk

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Pescado con lulo — Chocó Grilled River Fish Stuffed with Lulo

Pescado con lulo — Chocó Grilled River Fish Stuffed with Lulo

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Bocachico en zumo de coco — Chocó River Fish Stew with Coconut

Bocachico en zumo de coco — Chocó River Fish Stew with Coconut

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Albondigas de pescado — Chocó-Style Colombian Fish Meatballs

Albondigas de pescado — Chocó-Style Colombian Fish Meatballs

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Bacalao de pescado seco-liso — Chocó Dried-Fish Guiso

Bacalao de pescado seco-liso — Chocó Dried-Fish Guiso

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Dentón (Bocachico con escamas) — Chocó Hot-Smoked Whole Fish

Dentón (Bocachico con escamas) — Chocó Hot-Smoked Whole Fish

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Bocachico ahumado y sudado — Chocó Smoked and Stewed Bocachico

Bocachico ahumado y sudado — Chocó Smoked and Stewed Bocachico

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