3 recipes using tomatoes — Ajiaco, bandeja paisa, arepas — hearty and vibrant Andean cooking.
These 3 colombian tomatoes recipes are ready in about 113 minutes on average, with 430–1280 kcal per serving, and 0% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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 tomatoes, 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, grilling and frying.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with onion, ground cumin, eggs and garlic. The dishes here span colombian classics ready in as little as 90 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Bandeja Paisa is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,640 ratings.
Colombia's most legendary meal — a monumental platter from the Antioquia region featuring red beans, chicharrón, minced beef, chorizo, fried egg, sweet plantain, avocado, hogao sauce and rice.
Colombia's great hearty stew — chicken, yuca, plantain, corn and potato simmered in a golden, herb-scented broth. Sunday lunch across the nation.
Colombian platter with beans, rice, beef, chicharrón, eggs, plantain, avocado — Antioquia's mountain feast.
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Most of these 3 Colombian tomatoes recipes are ready in around 113 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Sancocho Colombiano, takes about 90 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 130 minutes.
Across this collection they range from about 430 to 1280 kcal per serving, averaging 983 kcal — Sancocho Colombiano is the lightest option at 430 kcal.
Sancocho Colombiano is a great place to start — it's rated medium and comes together in about 90 minutes. 0% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with onion, ground cumin, eggs and garlic. Colombian kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.