CALENTADO COLOMBIANO | Cómo Hacer Calentado o Calentao | SyS

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: turkey

Chicken is leaner and often less expensive than pork.

beef

🥗Healthier: lean ground beef

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Ground turkey is usually cheaper and lower in fat.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive than olive oil.

egg

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: egg substitute

Tofu can be a lower-cost protein alternative.

Introduce the dish as a traditional Colombian breakfast made from leftover food.

Show the containers with leftover beans, white rice, Colombian chorizo, and grilled beef.

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add a little olive oil.

Add the leftover beans to the skillet.

Since only two portions are being prepared, add only the necessary amount of beans.

Add the white rice to the beans and stir to combine, ensuring there are no clumps and that the rice absorbs the bean juice.

Add the sliced Colombian chorizo and pieces of grilled beef to the skillet.

Stir to heat all ingredients together; do not season as the food is already seasoned from the previous day.

Mention that if desired, hogao can be added at this point, but it is not included in this preparation.

Serve the calentado with arepa and a fried egg.

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