🇨🇴 Colombian Cuisine

Hogao

Colombian Tomato-Onion Sauce

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy
Calories 63 kcal

A deeply savory, slow-cooked sofrito of tomatoes, onions, garlic, and cumin — the foundational sauce that appears on virtually every Colombian plate.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cook 8-10 min until deeply softened and beginning to caramelize.
  2. 2 Add garlic and cumin, cook 1 min until fragrant.
  3. 3 Add tomatoes and a pinch of salt. Cook 15-20 min, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes break down into a thick sauce.
  4. 4 The hogao is ready when the oil separates from the tomatoes and the mixture is thick and jammy.
  5. 5 Season with salt and pepper. Stir in scallion.

Did You Know?

Every Colombian grandmother claims her hogao is the best, and honestly, they are all probably right.