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Estofado de Cerdo (Pork Stew)

6 comments November 4, 2010

Estofado de Cerdo is a Colombian dish consisting of pork cooked in a tomato-based sauce that includes carrots, potatoes and green beans. For this recipe, I used canned tomatoes, but you could easily use fresh tomatoes and add other vegetables such as peas and yuca. This dish is delicious served with rice and avocado. Buen [...]

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Sancocho de Cerdo (Colombian Pork Soup)

16 comments October 16, 2010

Every time I make Sancocho, I remember every detail of those family meals at Mamita’s house. Sancocho is a popular soup made with yuca, plantain, potato, corn, and your choice of beef, pork, fish or chicken. It is served with rice, avocado, lime, aji (hot sauce), and salad. As I’ve mentioned before, soups are very [...]

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Carne de Cerdo Rellena (Pork Stuffed with Vegetables)

12 comments September 11, 2010

This is my grandmother’s Stuffed Pork recipe which is stuffed with carrots, peas, herbs, and spices. This is one of my favorite comfort food dishes. I lived with my grandmother for a few years and I had a special relationship with her. This was one of the dishes she used to make for me when [...]

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Bollo de Yuca (Yuca Wrapped)

23 comments July 20, 2010

Bollo de Yuca is a popular dish from the coast of Colombia. It is mashed yuca or cassava, wrapped in corn husks, and is typically served as a side dish with chorizos and butifarras. Bollo de Yuca is kind of bland by itself, but serve it with chorizo, and you’ll have the perfect couple! There [...]

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Sudado de Cerdo (Colombian Pork Stew)

21 comments May 21, 2010

So, what is Sudado? It literally translates as “sweaty”. Yummy huh? But in a food context, Sudado is a traditional Colombian stew with many variations such as Pork, Beef, Chicken, Fish and Meatballs Sudado. There are also variations in the vegetables used. Potatoes, yuca, carrots and plantains are some of the more common ones. It [...]

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Mondongo Colombiano (Pork, Tripe and Chorizo Soup)

38 comments May 17, 2010

Mondongo, which is pork, tripe and chorizo soup, is served in every traditional Colombian restaurant. It is a hearty soup and a signature dish in every home in the Andean zone of Colombia. My grandmother used to make the best Mondongo I’ve ever had! To make Colombian Mondongo, a variety of meats and vegetables are [...]

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Sudado de Pescado (Colombian-Style Fish Stew)

28 comments February 17, 2010

When I was growing up in Colombia, my mom made sudados once a week. Sudados are a popular dish in Colombia and we have many variations of this dish. For my mom, sudado is the perfect one pot, quick and simple meal. She would make a big pot so we would have left overs for [...]

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