Colombian Potatoes 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 potatoes, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, roasting and baking.

The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, onion, ground cumin, fine sea salt, cilantro and papa criolla. The dishes here span colombian classics ready in as little as 51 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: Ajiaco Bogotano is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,840 ratings.