Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
7 recipes
Colombian Arroz con Coco
Fluffy coconut rice with caramelized titoté — a traditional Caribbean side dish served with fried fish.
Ajiaco Santafereño
A hearty Bogotá-style chicken soup with three kinds of potatoes, corn and fragrant guascas, served with cream and capers.
Hogao (Colombian Tomato and Scallion Sauce)
A thick, fragrant sauce made from ripe tomatoes and scallions that gives Colombian dishes a rich, homemade flavor.
Patacones with Hogao
Crispy, twice-fried slices of green plantain topped with a warm hogao sauce of tomatoes, scallions and garlic — a classic Colombian snack, best served hot.
Sancocho
A hearty Colombian soup made with chicken or beef, yuca, green plantain, corn and potatoes in a fragrant cilantro broth.
Sancocho de Gallina
A hearty Colombian soup made with hen, yuca, plantain and corn, slowly simmered to develop a rich, deep flavor.
Sudado de Pollo
A Colombian home-style stew of chicken thighs, potatoes, and yuca, slow-simmered in a rich tomato-onion guiso.