Bandeja paisa

Bandeja paisa
	Bandeja paisa from Restaurante Chócolos in Medellín, Colombia.
Course	Lunch and dinner
Place of origin	Colombia
Region or state	Paisa Region, Antioquia
Created by	Countryside people or campesinos
Serving temperature	Warm, hot
Main ingredients	Pinto beans, white rice, ground meat, chicharon, fried egg, plantain (patacones, tajada), chorizo, arepa, black pudding (morcilla), avocado and mazamorra
Variations	Bandeja de arriero
	Media: Bandeja paisa;

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.^[1] It is served in a platter or a tray.^[2]