Bandeja Paisa is a traditional Colombian dish from the Andean region of the country. It is a filling and delicious recipe that contains beans, rice, arepa, chorizo, plantain, chicharrón, avocado and beef.
What is Bandeja Paisa?
It is probably the most popular Colombian dish, originally from the Andean region of the country where the people are called “Paisas” and the area where I was born and raised.
Tradionally, Bandeja paisa includes Colombian style beans, white rice, chicharrón, carne en polvo, chorizo, fried egg, ripe plantain, avocado and arepa, but you can substitute the powdered beef for grilled beef or pork.
Bandeja paisa is something I’ve eaten all of my life and if I have to choose my last meal on this earth, this is the one. It's filling, hearty and comforting.
How to Make Bandeja Paisa
- Prepare the beans, hogao and powdered beef one day ahead and keep in the refrigerator.
- When you are going to serve the bandeja paisa, heat the beans and powdered beef and hogao. Make the chicharrones.
- Cook the white rice and plantains.
- Fry the eggs and chorizos.
- To serve, place the rice in a tray or platter and place the rest of the ingredients as you like. I prefer the beans in a separate bowl, but you can ladle the beans next to the rice if you like.
- Bring the hogao in a serving dish to the table, so people can place it on top of the beans if they like.
More Popular and Traditional Colombian Dishes:
Empanadas Colombianas (Colombian Empanadas), Sancocho de Gallina (Chicken Sancocho), Ajiaco Bogotano (Chicken and Potato Soup), Pandebono (Cheese Bread), Buñuelos (Cheese Balls) and Arepas Rellenas de Queso.
Bandeja Paisa Recipe (Paisa Platter)
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Paisa Pinto Beans Frijoles Paisas
- 1 recipe white Rice Arroz Blanco
- 1 recipe Powdered Beef Carne en Polvo
- 4 fried Pork Belly Chicharrones
- 4 cooked Chorizos
- 4 fried eggs sunny side up
- 4 baked plantains or Tajadas de Plátano
- 1 recipe Hogao
- Lime and Avocado for Serving
Instructions
- Prepare the beans, hogao and powdered beef one day ahead and keep in the refrigerator.
- When you are going to serve the bandeja paisa, heat the beans and powdered beef and hogao. Make the chicharrones.
- Cook the white rice and plantains.
- Fry the eggs and chorizos.
- To serve, place the rice in a tray or platter and place the rest of the ingredients as you like. I prefer the beans in a separate bowl, but you can ladle the beans next to the rice if you like.
- Bring the hogao in a serving dish to the table, so people can place it on top of the beans if they like.
nora@ffr
wow!! vat a delicious looking food platter.. great work erica!!
Erica
Thank you everyone for reading my post!
Danielle
Oh my! that looks delish! I haven't had breakfast yet and now I'm REALLY hungry
Anna
That looks truly delicious.Chicharron is my husband new favorite, he discovered that with some friends and came back home accusing me of try to hide a national treasure from him. I didn't know what chicharron was until I googled a picture. Then I told him, the name in portuguese is "torresmo". He ask me for chicharron every day. I have to hide your site from him now. 🙂
Joan Nova
I never can control myself when I see this on the menu in a Columbian restaurant. I've nicknamed it 'the belly buster'. I imagine the paisas worked it off climbing up and down the mountains.
VEZ
Joan, I don't mean to be mean to you or anybody, but everyone that is not from Colombia must learn that when you refer to our food, our cities , our people, etc...it is not ColUmbian, it is ColOmbian with two Os...Columbia is the Univeristy od ColUmbia, etc.. Not the Country.
I hope I didn't hurt anybody's feelings here, I am just trying to teach you and the rest of the people that love our food, our culture, our country....We ColOmbians appreciate it very much!! And this website is the pride of us ColOmbians!!
VEZ
I meant University OF Columbia.
Jarhead-Spartan
Thanks for "stepping up"! .... You were polite & everyone should want to get their cultural understandings as accurate as possible!! It's time people learn that Estados Unidos doesn't own the term 'American'. ... Is that .... North American?, Central American?, South American? .... and that all "Latins" don't speak 'Mexican'. (P.S. - Anyone waiting to bark at me - save it! - I'm a 4th generation U.S. Marine - I look like a gringo. By heritage, I'm Cherokee, Scottish, & German! ..... Good people are good people. I've met amazing people in all 38 countries I've been to!)
Erica
Thank you all so much for your nice comments!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
Excellent platter of delicious food!
rebecca subbiah
what a great meal, and i love the picture
Erica
Gracias Carolina. La arepa me la comi antes con quesito jajaja!
Carolina
Y la arepa? Ja ja ja. I can't wait to make this and make it look just like your picture....Bandeja Paisa!!! mmmmm, unas de las comidas que mas extrano de nuestro pais. Erica, you're the best...
Erica
LouAnn, Karen and Felisha,
Thank you very much for your comments!
Felisha
Love this recipe! This is a once in a few months type dish for me! It's a lot of work, but well worth it!! 🙂
Suzie
I love this dish but your recipe doesn’t tell me how to prepare the frijoles or the beef the hole point of a recipe is to teach people how to make it
Erica Dinho
You have to follow the links on the recipe. They are all on the post.
Karen
Oh, that is one beautiful looking platter of food... delicious!
Oysterculture
I think this would be my last meal as well, its got everything. What s sampler plate!
Erica
Gracias Empar por todos tus comentarios!!!
Empar
Un plato muy variado y sabroso!
Además de muy energetico.
Un beso.