Bandeja paisa, the colombian dish full of flavors and tradition

Ingredients

For the shredded meat:

• 3.5 oz beef meat
• 2 cups water
• 1 tomato
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 onions
• Parsley

Chicharron:

• 1 thick slice bacon
• 1 cup water (to cook the bacon)
• 1 garlic clove
• Salt (to taste)
• Frying oil
• 1 egg
• 1 plantain
• 1 avocado
• 2.5 oz red beans, cooked
• 1 chorizo
• 3.5 oz rice
• 1 lime
• Coriander (to taste)

Materials

• Saucepan
• Pan

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Preparation

• Prepare the meat: in a saucepan, add the 2 cups of water with the meat, 1 onion and 1 clove of chopped garlic (add salt and pepper to taste).
  Cook over medium heat with the lid on for about 35/40 minutes, until the meat is tender.
• After this time, remove the meat and let it cool before shredding it with forks. Reserve 1 cup of the meat cooking water.
  
• Prepare the hogao or tomato-based sauce: in a frying pan, heat the oil over medium heat, then add 1 chopped onion and 1 clove of garlic and brown. Stir occasionally until the onion is translucent. Then add the chopped tomato and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
• Add the shredded meat and mix well with the tomato-based sauce, add the cup of broth where the meat was cooked. Season with salt and pepper and add the parsley (to taste).
  Cook over low heat for a few minutes.
  
• In a saucepan add 1 cup of water, pork belly, 1 clove of garlic and salt. Cook for 10 minutes. Remove the pork and set aside on a sheet of absorbent paper.
• In a pan with enough oil, brown the same slice of pork belly until browned on both sides. Remove and place on absorbent paper to eliminate excess fat.
  
• Cut the plantain into thin slices and fry them in the same pan as the pork belly.
• In another pan, brown the chorizo.
  
• Cook the egg until the yolk is to your liking.
• Cook the rice. Meanwhile, slice the avocado and reserve the cooked beans in a bowl.
  
• Assemble everything by distributing the portions of each element on a large plate.
• Add coriander and a little lime to taste and that’s it! Enjoy this delicious Colombian Bandeja ;-)