bandeja paisa (paisa refers to a person from the paisa region and bandeja is spanish for platter), with variations known as bandeja de arriero, bandeja montañera, or bandeja antioqueña, is one of the most representative meals in colombian cuisine, especially of the antioquia department and the paisa region, as well as with the colombian coffee-growers axis (the departments of caldas, quindío and risaralda), and part of valle del cauca and the northwest of tolima.the main characteristic of this dish is the generous amount and variety of food in a traditional bandeja paisa: red beans cooked with pork, white rice, carne molida (ground meat), chicharrón, fried egg, plantain (plátano maduro), chorizo, arepa, hogao sauce, black pudding (morcilla), avocado and lemon.it is served in a platter or a tray.in the 19th century, french and british colonialists also brought their cuisine with them.the current form and presentation of the paisa platter is relatively recent.there are no references in the food writing about this dish before 1950.it is probably an interpretation of the local restaurants of simpler peasant dishes.one of its most prominent features is the juxtaposition of native american and european ingredients, which is also observed in other mestizo dishes of latin american cuisine, such as venezuelan pabellón criollo or costa rican gallo pinto.side dishes include mazamorra (a maize-derived beverage similar to atole) with milk and ground panela.there are several variants of the dish all over the country with deletion or addition of ingredients, which cannot be recognized as bandeja paisa in the strictest sense.some antioquian restaurants offer an 'extended' bandeja paisa, also known as 'seven meats platter', which contains, besides the aforementioned ingredients, grilled steak, grilled pork and liver.a diet-friendly version of the dish is very popular in bogotá, which replaces pork with grilled chicken breast, black pudding with salad and chorizo with a wiener.a number of people opposed this designation, arguing that only a small percentage of the colombian population consumes it on a regular basis and that it originated in a single region of colombia (antioquia).however, the suggested alternative, sancocho, is not a distinctively colombian dish, as it is known and enjoyed in many other countries, such as cuba, venezuela, the canary islands, puerto rico, the dominican republic and panama.due to the widespread ubiquity of sancocho, often colombian ajiaco  is instead considered the most indicative colombian dish.nonetheless, the commercial colombian tourism industry has pushed ahead without official government sanction by emblazoning ads, menus, and brochure information with imagery of the bandeja paisa as the single most typical colombian dish.
bandeja paisa | ingredient | lemon <tsp> lemon | family | rutaceae <tsp> bandeja paisa | country | colombian cuisine <tsp> lemon | genus | citrus <tsp> bandeja paisa | region | antioquia department
bandeja paisa (paisa refers to a person from the paisa region and bandeja is spanish for platter), with variations known as bandeja de arriero, bandeja montañera, or bandeja antioqueña, is one of the most representative meals in colombian cuisine, especially of the antioquia department and the paisa region, as well as with the colombian coffee-growers axis (the departments of caldas, quindío and risaralda), and part of valle del cauca and the northwest of tolima.the main characteristic of this dish is the generous amount and variety of food in a traditional bandeja paisa: red beans cooked with pork, white rice, carne molida (ground meat), chicharrón, fried egg, plantain (plátano maduro), chorizo, arepa, hogao sauce, black pudding (morcilla), avocado and lemon.in the 19th century, french and british colonialists also brought their cuisine with them.the current form and presentation of the paisa platter is relatively recent.some antioquian restaurants offer an 'extended' bandeja paisa, also known as 'seven meats platter', which contains, besides the aforementioned ingredients, grilled steak, grilled pork and liver.nonetheless, the commercial colombian tourism industry has pushed ahead without official government sanction by emblazoning ads, menus, and brochure information with imagery of the bandeja paisa as the single most typical colombian dish.