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"Ajiaco is a typical dish in Colombia. It has a lot of potatoes since Bogota is in the mountains and potatoes are plentiful. This recipe calls for yucca which can be found in the produce section or frozen (Goya). If you cannot find it, just use Yukon gold potatoes, both will all but disintegrate and thicken the broth. Corn on the cob is cut into 1..."

Ingredients: cilantro, yucca root...

"This is one of my husband's favorite "Comfort Foods" (he's Colombian). He even said I made it right the first time I tried! The process is relatively involved - overnight marinating is recommended and it steams for three hours. It is nothing like Mexican Tamales or "Hot Tamales". These are wrapped in banana leaves rather..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, pork ribs...

"I make no claim as to authenticity and named it NY Style only because I live in New York. I was making another's recipe, but had to change it so much that I am posting it my way. From what I understand, the necessary ingredients are chicken, beef, plantain, and yucca. Serve with rice, beans, avocado, and hot pepper sauce."

Ingredients: ground cumin, yucca root...

"This Colombian recipe for Chicken Soup improves on the traditional by adding yucca, plaintains and red potatoes. What an excellent blend of flavors!"

Ingredients: cilantro, cumin, yucca root...

"This Colombian dish features chicken and pork. From the cooking blog My Colombian Recipes."

Ingredients: ground cumin, pork ribs...

"This a very easy and a very delicious recipe you can prepare with easy to find ingredients.

Enjoy it"

Ingredients: sausages, eggs...

"This is a pretty chicken and rice casserole that is made from chicken wing pieces. You can buy them already separated or cut them up yourself. This is how my husband remembers his Grandma made it back in Bogota (with a little tweaking from me, heh heh heh). DH likes it served with maduros and patacones. Feel free to substitute with brown rice,..."

Ingredients: pimento-stuffed green olives, dried oregano...

"My husband finally had a great idea for using leftover rotisserie chicken. I used the traditional seasonings with non-traditional methods, still great. These can be frozen before cooking since they are best served fresh. You need frozen empanada dough which is found with the Goya products (there are other brands) and is yellow in color. Or you..."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"A mild chili for a change of pace from the usual red chili. This is often served on hot dogs with cole slaw. Sounds interesting..."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"This is SUCH a yummy recipe. It was passed on to my mother-in-law from a Columbian immigrant family. It's easy, but not necessarily quick...but SO rewarding. I usually make a double batch at my house, they make great leftovers too!"

Ingredients: flour tortillas, garlic and herb seasoning...

"Found on Allrecipes.com. This looked interesting to me because I've never cooked with either cassava root or plantain, but all of the other ingredients are things I like."

Ingredients: cooking oil, ground cumin...

"Sancocho means to parboil, but most often refers to a soup, usually made with chicken and yuca (cassava) and plantains. The reason it got the name Sancocho is that it is cook relatively fast and at a high temperature, or in a pressure cooker. This version is called Amarillo (yellow) because it includes ingredients (turmeric, annatto seeds) to make..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, ground turmeric...