(Clockwise from top left: changua, arepa with queso blanco, pan de bono, and patacones - Copyright © 2006 Nika Boyce) A Colombian breakfast is not just one thing like you might think a proper English fry up would be.I think that a Colombian breakfast can actually have many different possibilities limited only by the appetite, types of leftovers, and guided by the region of Colombia you are in/from.This post discusses a breakfast that includes changua, arepas, pan de bono, and patacones. (I will talk about how to make each of those items below.) What you dont see is what you might have to drink with this meal. That could include aqua de panela, strong Colombian coffee, or even steaming hot chocolate.It could easily have been beans, rice, chicharrones, and fried eggs with a side of hogao.This breakfast is an amalgam of breakfasts I had as a kid at home and while on vacation in Bogota, Colombia.This set of food may LOOK simple but it can take a while and lots of energy.
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