Calentado Paisa Breakfast

Prep 10 min
Total 25 min
Ingredients 7
Servings 4

Calentado is a traditional Colombian breakfast. It’s the typical breakfast of our ancestors who lived in the paisa region. They would make it with leftover beans and rice. The most common ingredients are rice, beans, plantain and meat. It’s served with a fried egg and arepas. Try it out! MORE + LESS -

Ingredients

tablespoons vegetable oil

cup tomato, chopped

1/2

cup green onions, chopped

cups Colombian beans, cooked

cup white rice, cooked

Colombian arepa, to taste

Fried or scrambled eggs, to taste

Directions

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1

Heat the oil in a large frying pan on medium heat and add tomato and onion. Cook for 5 minutes, add beans and rice. Stir until all the ingredients are well mixed and cook for 10 minutes.
2

Serve immediately with arepas and eggs.

Expert Tips

Add whatever ingredients you have on hand, like chorizo. Use canned beans.

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Calentado is a traditional Colombian breakfast. It’s the typical breakfast of our ancestors who lived in the paisa region. They would make it with leftover beans and rice. The most common ingredients are rice, beans, plantain and meat. It’s served with a fried egg and arepas. Try it out!