# The best traditional foods of Salta

Empanadas, locro and humitas: the typical foods and drinks of Salta listed in Wikipedia's article on Salta cuisine.

- 58 votes · 15 items
- Aug 14, 2019 · salsabrava_tranquilo
- https://even.best/en/l/2171/the-best-traditional-foods-of-salta

## Top 15

1. **Salteña empanada** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Small juicy turnover of knife-cut beef and potato.
2. **Humita in husk** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Corn paste with cheese and basil wrapped in the husk.
3. **Guatia (pit-roasted meat)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Meats wrapped in hide and cooked underground.
4. **Patay (carob bread)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Bread of carob-pod flour.
5. **Locro** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Stew of squash, beans and corn with red chorizo and meats.
6. **Crackling tortitas** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Lard breads with pork crackling.
7. **Charqui (jerky)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Salted, sun-dried meat.
8. **Salta tamal** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Corn dough with meat and onion in a husk.
9. **Pit-cooked beef head** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cow's head cooked in an earth pit.
10. **Cayote preserve** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fig-leaf gourd preserve with walnuts.
11. **Arrope (fruit syrup)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Thick syrup of fruits such as carob or chañar.
12. **Cafayate Torrontés** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The white wine emblem of Salta's valleys.
13. **Aloja (carob drink)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fermented carob drink.
14. **Quesillo with cane syrup** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Fresh cheese with sugar-cane syrup.
15. **Corn chicha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fermented corn drink of carnival and Pachamama festivities.

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