Colombian Pork Recipes

Colombian cuisine — Ajiaco, bandeja paisa, arepas — hearty and vibrant Andean cooking — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Colombian cooks work with pork, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, marinating, boiling and roasting.

A mild, sweet meat that spans quick chops and bacon to long-cooked shoulder and ribs. In this collection it's most often cooked with ground cumin, garlic, onion, fine sea salt, dried red kidney beans and chopped cilantro. The dishes here span colombian classics ready in as little as 55 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.