Albondingón is a Colombian Style meatloaf stuffed with hard boiled eggs and vegetables.This dish is perfect to bring to a picnic or a weeknight meal.
This delicious Albondigón is a traditional Colombian dish. I grew up watching my grandmother and my mom rolling this meatloaf at least once a week. They use to roll the meatloaf in a large piece of fabric, tie the ends and cook it in a pot with water and vegetables. I just baked mine to make a little change.
How to Serve Albondigón?
I like to served this delicious meatloaf with avocado, rice and ripe plantains on the side. Sometimes I like to eat it for breakfast on top of an arepa or served it with a potato salad during the summer.
Albondigón can be served hot or cold, either as a snack or as a part of a main meal and it makes great picnic food.
Buen provecho!
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Colombian Style Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe (Albondigón Colombiano)
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- ¾ cup finely chopped onions
- 2 tablespoons chopped scallions
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 large eggs whisked
- 1 tablespoons mustard
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 hard boiled eggs
- 1 small red pepper cut into thin strips
- 1 small carrot cooked and cut into thin strips
Instructions
- Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and heat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large bowl mix the ground beef, ground pork, onions, scallions, garlic, bread crumbs, mustard, whisked eggs, parsley, salt, ground cumin and pepper, mix well until combined.
- Place a large piece of plastic on the kitchen counter and place the meat mixture on top. Flatten into a pattie and place the red pepper strips, the carrots and cooked eggs in the center of the pattie.
- Star rolling the meat mixture to enclose the eggs and vegetables completely. The plastic will help to tie the meatloaf.
- Spray a cooking sheet and take the plastic off the meatloaf. Place the meatloaf on the cooking sheet and cook in the oven for about 40 minutes.
- Let it cool and serve.
Gillian
Thank you so much for all the wonderful recipes! My meatloaf is cooking in the oven as we speak I can't wait to try it! It was an absolute pleasure to make ... thanks so much!!
Alan Bowman
Hi Erica from Spain. Have you ever tried doing this in a slow-cooker (crockpot)? Possibly your Mum's method might work better, i.e. using hot water.
Erica Dinho
Great idea,Alan! Thanks!
Jordan
I made this today and it was delicious!
Lucia
I made this dish and it was really good.