# Typical food of Colombia's Santander region: what to try

Mute, carne oreada, kid goat, pepitoria, big-bottomed ants and Santander arepas: the cooking of Santander and Norte de Santander.

- 671 votes · 19 items
- Jul 27, 2021 · salsabrava_tranquilo
- https://even.best/en/l/3608/typical-food-of-colombia-s-santander-region-what-to-try

## Top 19

1. **Carne oreada** (53 · ▲59 ▼6) — Air-dried beef.
2. **Mute** (52 · ▲58 ▼6) — Soup of pork, hominy, potato and chickpeas.
3. **Kid goat** (40 · ▲45 ▼5) — Roast or stewed kid goat.
4. **Goat pepitoria** (39 · ▲41 ▼2) — Rice with kid goat offal, onion and tomato.
5. **Santander arepa** (35 · ▲40 ▼5) — Yellow corn arepa with pork crackling.
6. **Santander tamale** (31 · ▲37 ▼6) — The regional tamale.
7. **Big-bottomed ants** (30 · ▲34 ▼4) — Roasted queen ants, Santander's most exotic snack.
8. **Beans with trotter** (29 · ▲36 ▼7) — Beans with pig's trotter.
9. **Chickpea pastry** (24 · ▲25 ▼1) — Fried chickpea pastry from Cúcuta.
10. **Hallacas** (19 · ▲27 ▼8) — Hallacas, a border heritage with Venezuela.
11. **Fried bocachico** (19 · ▲25 ▼6) — Magdalena river fish with patacón and suero.
12. **Changua** (19 · ▲22 ▼3) — Milk and egg broth.
13. **Ocaña arepa** (18 · ▲21 ▼3) — Ocaña's arepa.
14. **Turmada** (17 · ▲20 ▼3) — Layered bread bake with egg, potato and cheese.
15. **Red onion preserves** (15 · ▲19 ▼4) — Ocaña's typical red onion preserves.
16. **Egg broth** (14 · ▲22 ▼8) — Breakfast egg broth.
17. **Masato** (13 · ▲16 ▼3) — Fermented rice drink.
18. **Cortados de leche** (10 · ▲18 ▼8) — Milk sweet from Santander.
19. **Leaf-wrapped cheese** (6 · ▲12 ▼6) — Fresh cheese wrapped in a leaf.

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