Calentado Colombiano (Hogao Rice & Beans with Fried Eggs & Arepas)

Name: Calentado Colombiano (Hogao Rice & Beans with Fried Eggs & Arepas)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice, cooked (or 3 cups leftover rice); 2 (15 oz) cans red or pinto beans, drained; 4 plum tomatoes, finely chopped; 1 bunch scallions, finely chopped; ½ onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 4 large eggs; 1 cup masarepa (precooked white corn flour); 3 tbsp oil; ½ tsp ground cumin; salt; pepper

BreakfastColombian35 minServes 4675 kcal25 g protein

Colombia's thrifty, hearty breakfast: rice and beans warmed together in a tomato-scallion hogao, crowned with a runny fried egg and served with a crisp little arepa.

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Ingredients

1 cup rice, cooked (or 3 cups leftover rice)
2 (15 oz) cans red or pinto beans, drained
4 plum tomatoes, finely chopped
1 bunch scallions, finely chopped
½ onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 large eggs
1 cup masarepa (precooked white corn flour)

From your pantry: 3 tbsp oil, ½ tsp ground cumin, salt, pepper.

Instructions

If you don't have leftover rice, cook it first and spread it out to cool a little. Mix the masarepa with 1 cup warm water and ½ tsp salt, knead into a soft dough, rest 5 minutes and shape into 4 discs about ½ inch thick.
Cook the arepas in a lightly oiled nonstick skillet over medium heat until crusty and they sound hollow when tapped, 6 to 7 minutes per side.
Meanwhile make the hogao: heat 2 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium and cook the tomatoes, scallions, onion, garlic and cumin with a pinch of salt until thick and jammy, about 10 minutes.
Stir the beans and rice into the hogao and cook, stirring and pressing occasionally, until hot and a little crusty on the bottom, 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Fry the eggs sunny side up in the arepa pan. Pile the calentado on plates, top each with an egg and serve with an arepa.

Tip: Calentado means 'reheated', so it's the best way to use last night's rice and beans. Colombians often add a fried chorizo or leftover steak alongside.