Calentado is a traditional and hearty Colombian breakfast made with rice, beans, chorizo and egg and served with avocado and arepas. Calentao like a lot of paisas call this dish is popular in the Andean region of the country and it was created it long time ago to use the leftover beans and rice from the night before and don't waste food.
Calentado literally means “heated” and is a traditional Colombian breakfast born in the Andean region of the country. It is very common, in this region, to eat beans and rice every day for dinner. Then, for breakfast the next day, the beans and rice are reheated and served with egg, arepa, chorizo, chicharrón or grilled beef and hot chocolate. You will find this dish on the menu of almost any Colombian restaurant around the world.
Traditional Colombian Breakfast (Calentado)
Ingredients
- 4 arepas
- 4 cooked Colombian chorizos
- 4 fried eggs sunny side up or eggs with tomato and onions
- 3 cups hogao
- 4 cups cooked white rice
- 4 cups cooked pinto beans
Instructions
- Place the hogao, beans and ricein a large saucepan, mix well ensuring that the rice and beansare coated by the hogao. Cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes or until the mixture is warm, stirring occasionally.
- To serve, divide the bean and rice mixture equally on serving plates. Place the chorizo and arepaaround the beans.
- Place the egg on top of the beans and rice mixture.
Nutrition
Some days I miss my country more than others and when those days come, I just cook something like this breakfast and it is just like being back home and all the memories of my childhood come back to me. Most of my memories of my grandmother, Mamita, include her cooking. Every morning she was up early and by 8 o’clock she was already dressed and made up wearing her apron, which she would wear most of the day. Cooking was her life and the way to show her family how much she loved them.
Tom
Brings back a lot of memories! Although having an egg on top was a rare luxury! Add a mug of hot chocolate for a Sunday breakfast.
judy
el calentado que apendi de mi suegra:
carne y papa del dia anterior...picados y revuelto con arroz.
Cocine cebolla y otras cosas come pimenton si le gusta,
anade la carne y papa, calentando todo, luego anade arroz
y siga calentndo...con huevo encima si quiere.
Elizabeth
la mejor comida que yo jamas he comido estuvo en la columbia, y fue llamado calentado. Es un desayuno colubina tradicional que origino el la columbia de Andino. Calentado es muy subroso, tuvo arepas que esta como una totilla colubmbina. Tambien tuuvo arroz, las alubias, los huevos, y hogao. Hogao es asado a la parrilla ternera, me encanta carne. El hogao tuvo mucho especias, me recordo de salchicha. Bebi chocolate caliente mientras lo comi. Esta comida debe gana proque es el mejor y su facil de hacer!
george ordonez
calentado is delicious i love this too!!!!
Victoria
How much does this meal cost?
Anonymous
estudio gastronomia y me he dado cuenta que la comida colombiana es incomparable
Vanessa
La comida colombiana es la mejor! Me siento tan ourgullosa de ser colombiana! 🙂 AMO A COLOMBIA <3
tanaisha
this look's so good that i can smell it even though im on the computer
Christina
This sounds just like my Aubuela's breakfast, she does the scrambled with the onion and tomato. Thank you for your helpful recipes.
Erica
Thank you everyone for visiting my blog:)
sakr
My husband is Colombian and I lived there for several years. I am going to make a wonderful Colombian meal for him as a surprise using these great recipes! Buen provecho!
zerrin
Never used the leftover rice and beans for breakfast, we generally reheat it for lunch or dinner as side dishes. But I love the idea of serving these with eggs at breakfast.Breakfast is my favorite meal, so I never skip it with cornflakes or a simple french toast. I adore a big breakfast, so I'll try it for sure.I think I'll be a great fan of Colombian cuisine.
MIke
Just discovered the site. Can't wait to try so many of these recipes. Thanks for the great posts.
nora@ffr
vat a delightful break fast.. yumm!!