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

The top 3 according to 671 votes from people: Carne oreada · Mute · Kid goat. (Updated Jul 27, 2021.)

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

salsabrava_tranquilo · · 19 items · 671 votes · 6 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 19

  1. 1

    Carne oreada

    Air-dried beef.

    ▲ 59 ▼ 6

    53
  2. 2

    Mute

    Soup of pork, hominy, potato and chickpeas.

    ▲ 58 ▼ 6

    52
  3. 3

    Kid goat

    Roast or stewed kid goat.

    ▲ 45 ▼ 5

    40
  4. 4

    Goat pepitoria

    Rice with kid goat offal, onion and tomato.

    ▲ 41 ▼ 2

    39
  5. 5

    Santander arepa

    Yellow corn arepa with pork crackling.

    ▲ 40 ▼ 5

    35
  6. 6

    Santander tamale

    The regional tamale.

    ▲ 37 ▼ 6

    31
  7. 7

    Big-bottomed ants

    Roasted queen ants, Santander's most exotic snack.

    ▲ 34 ▼ 4

    30
  8. 8

    Beans with trotter

    Beans with pig's trotter.

    ▲ 36 ▼ 7

    29
  9. 9

    Chickpea pastry

    Fried chickpea pastry from Cúcuta.

    ▲ 25 ▼ 1

    24
  10. 10

    Hallacas

    Hallacas, a border heritage with Venezuela.

    ▲ 27 ▼ 8

    19
  11. 11

    Fried bocachico

    Magdalena river fish with patacón and suero.

    ▲ 25 ▼ 6

    19
  12. 12

    Changua

    Milk and egg broth.

    ▲ 22 ▼ 3

    19
  13. 13

    Ocaña arepa

    Ocaña's arepa.

    ▲ 21 ▼ 3

    18
  14. 14

    Turmada

    Layered bread bake with egg, potato and cheese.

    ▲ 20 ▼ 3

    17
  15. 15

    Red onion preserves

    Ocaña's typical red onion preserves.

    ▲ 19 ▼ 4

    15
  16. 16

    Egg broth

    Breakfast egg broth.

    ▲ 22 ▼ 8

    14
  17. 17

    Masato

    Fermented rice drink.

    ▲ 16 ▼ 3

    13
  18. 18

    Cortados de leche

    Milk sweet from Santander.

    ▲ 18 ▼ 8

    10
  19. 19

    Leaf-wrapped cheese

    Fresh cheese wrapped in a leaf.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 6

    6

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Olga · Español

Faltaron los bocadillos veleños, aunque sé que son más de Vélez

Mónica T. · Español

Pepitoria más arriba que el cabrito? Discutible jaja

pasaporte_del_norte · Español

Las hormigas culonas son para valientes, pero son buenísimas tostadas con sal

Araceli Rivera · Español

Yo las probé en Barichara y sí, saben a maní

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