Colombian Rice 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 rice, 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, marinating and frying.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, ground cumin, onion, fine sea salt, cilantro and coconut milk. The dishes here span colombian classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.