A FOOD TRADITION
Colombian Caribbean Cuisine
A coastal tradition centered on coconut, plantains, cassava, fresh and dried fish, shellfish, and distinctive maize-based preparations.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Alegrías
A Colombian Caribbean confection made by binding toasted popped millo, a sorghum grain, with panela and often coconut before cutting it into portions.
Arepa de Huevo
A Colombian Caribbean fried cornmeal cake filled with a whole egg, typically served hot as a street food.
Arroz con Coco
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish cooked with coconut milk and typically balanced with sugar and salt.
Arroz de Camarones
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish in which prawns are cooked with rice and a savory onion, garlic, and bell-pepper sofrito.
Arroz de Cangrejo
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish prepared by simmering crab with rice and a savory onion, garlic, and bell-pepper sofrito.
Arroz de Chipi Chipi
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish in which chipi chipi clams are simmered with rice and a savory onion, garlic, and bell-pepper sofrito.
Arroz de Fríjol Cabecita Negra
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish simmered with black-eyed peas and aromatic vegetables until the grains absorb the seasoned cooking liquid.
Arroz de Lisa
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish cooked with mullet, aromatics, and seasoning until the fish flavors the rice.
Arroz de Marisco
A savory Cape Verdean seafood rice prepared with rice, mixed seafood, aromatics, tomato, pepper, and seafood stock.
Arroz de Pescado
A Colombian Caribbean rice dish cooked with fish, aromatics, and seasoning, often enriched with coconut milk.
Bocachico en Cabrito
A Colombian Caribbean preparation of whole bocachico seasoned with aromatics and cooked in the traditional en cabrito style, often wrapped or covered during cooking.
Bollo de Mazorca
A Colombian Caribbean steamed roll of fresh ground maize, typically seasoned and wrapped in a corn or banana leaf.
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