Frijoles Antioqueños (Colombian Bean Stew)

Antioqueño beans is an icon of Colombian food.
Ingredients
- 1 lb red or Cargamanto beans
- 2 red tomatoes
- 1 cup chopped scallions
- ¼ cup oil
- 2 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp allspice
- 6 cups water
- 1 chicken broth cube
- 1 large plantain
- ½ lb flank steak, pork legs, or pork rinds (optional)
Steps
- Wash beans. Cover with twice their volume of water. Hydrate overnight.
- Remove floating beans.
- Heat oil in pressure cooker. Add scallions. Fry until they start to brown.
- Add tomato, cumin, broth cube and allspice. This is "hogao".
- Add 6 cups water, beans and plantain. Bring to boil over medium heat.
- Cover pressure cooker. Cook 30 min.
- Cool, then open pressure cooker.
- Check water level. Add meat if using. Cover. Cook 30 min more.
- Taste for salt. Cook uncovered over low heat for a thicker mixture.
Notes from the original
- When serving, you can put additional hogao on top.
- You can serve with white rice, avocado, ground beef, roasted beef, fried plantain, roasted chicken, corn arepas, and many other combinations.
- Trasnochado beans, eaten one day after being cooked, are a great option to eat the beans with a delicious concentrated flavor.
- To make bandeja paisa, serve a portion of Antioqueño beans, a portion of white rice, a portion of ground beef, a slice of avocado, one fried chorizo sausage, fried ripe plantain, one fried blood sausage, pork rind, and one fried egg on top of the rice.
- Another delicious way to serve these beans is with cazuelitas: serve half of a cazuelita with the beans, and add to it corn, shredded beef (ropa vieja), avocado, and ground pork rind.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:Frijoles Antioqueños (Colombian Bean Stew)” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2025-06-21, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes. Steps rewritten into short commands. Introduction shortened. Wiki formatting removed. This adapted recipe is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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