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The best dishes of Colombia's Caribbean coast

The top 3 according to 58 votes from people: Coastal sancocho · Patacones · Coconut rice. (Updated Mar 5, 2019.)

Arepa de huevo, sancocho, carimañolas, coconut rice and suero: Caribbean Colombian cooking with Indigenous, African, Spanish and Arab roots.

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Top 19

  1. 1

    Coastal sancocho

    Made with tripe, ribs, fish, hen or goat.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  2. 2

    Patacones

    Smashed fried green plantain.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  3. 3

    Coconut rice

    Rice cooked in coconut milk, served with fish.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    Egg arepa

    Fried arepa stuffed with egg, the most famous of the coast.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 2

    3
  5. 5

    Mullet rice

    Rice with salted mullet.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  6. 6

    Costeño cheese

    Salty white Caribbean cheese.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  7. 7

    Seafood stew

    Creamy seafood stew.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  8. 8

    Vermicelli rice

    Arab rice with toasted vermicelli.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    Boronía

    Mash of aubergine and ripe plantain.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    Bollos

    Wrapped cassava or corn rolls with suero and cheese.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 2

    1
  11. 11

    Kibbeh

    Arab heritage: wheat and meat croquettes.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Soledad sausage

    Small sausages from Soledad.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Enyucado

    Sweet cake of cassava, coconut and cheese.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    Diabolines

    Starch biscuits from La Sabana.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  15. 15

    Coconut candies

    Coconut sweets sold by the palenqueras.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 2

    0
  16. 16

    Carimañolas

    Cassava fritters filled with meat or cheese.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  17. 17

    Fried mojarra

    Fried tilapia with patacones and coconut rice.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  18. 18

    Friche

    Fried goat offal from La Guajira.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Suero costeño

    Coastal sour cream, related to labneh.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 2

    -1

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