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Colombian BBQ – What to Serve?

I am introducing BBQ season today, Colombian style. Below you will find all recipes for the typical Colombian sides served at a BBQ plus links to the meats. I was not paid to do this, I wanted to give you a nice overview of where to get what for a Colombian BBQ when living in Germany. As I am married to a Colombian, he is always eager to eat Colombian food. So when we were on holiday in Spain and his family suggested an “asado colombiano”, he got super excited. I was excited as well and took the opportunity to snap pictures of it all. Some pictures are from another time as we didn’t have corn on the cob this time and I wanted to be sure to include it in the list of sides below.

29/05/2026

Sweet Plantains with Quince Paste and Cheese

Bananen mit Quittenpaste und Käse oder platanos con queso y bocadillo

It is about high time that I finally introduce a recipe with plantain on my blog. Plantains are soooo versatile, they are often used as a side if green and are treated like potatoes. Once they are ripe and yellow, they are often used in desserts or as a sweeter component. Today I am going to show them as a sweet dessert with quince paste and melted cheese or in Spanish “platanos con queso y bocadillo.” It is a super simple dessert, which is etremely popular in Colombia. Normally you would use guava paste, however, as this is close to impossible to get in Germany, we will use quince paste instead. My Colombian friends revealed to me that it is close enough to revoke the sweetest memories.

03/03/2021

Let’s Grill Chivito, Uruguay’s National Dish

Barbecue and grilling season has started and for that reason I brought along the Uruguayan national dish: chivito. Chivito literally translates as “little goat”, even though it has nothing to do with a goat. Legend has it that an Argentinian tourist ordered something with goat from Antonio Carbonaro, the owner of the famous restaurant El Mejillón in Punta del Este. Since Antonio didn’t have any goat at hand, he came up with this burger/sandwich, which Anthony Burdain called the Everest of steak sandwiches: chivito.

14/06/2019