| Type: | Soup |
| Sopa de guandú con carne salada | |
| Name Lang: | ESP |
| Place Of Origin: | Colombia |
| Region: | Atlántico |
| Name Italics: | true |
| Main Ingredient: | Pigeon pea, ñame, yuca, salted meat, mature plantain, chicharrón, various vegetables |
Sopa de guandú con carne salada (Pigeon pea soup with salted meat) is a Colombian dish. Sopa de guandú con carne salada is a traditional dish of Colombia's Atlántico department, but many variations are prepared in the Caribbean reigon of Colombia, including the departments of Sucre and Córdoba.[1]
Aside from the main ingredient of pigeon peas (preferably green), the soup contains salted meat (brisket); ñame; yuca; ripe plantain; vegetables such as onion, ají dulce, spring onion, and cilantro; as well as condiments such as cumin, salt, and pepper. Chicharrón may be added. The soup is accompanied with white or coconut rice, yuca buns, and sugarcane juice.[2]
In Córdoba, a mote de guandú (pigeon pea hominy) is prepared with eggplant rather than yuca or salted meat. In Chinú, fresh or salted pork is added. In Sucre, a variant lacking ripe plantain and salted meat is prepared.
Sopa de guandú con carne salada is considered a traditional food of the Barranquilla Carnival because the legume is harvested there around that date.