# The best Padang dishes

Rendang, ayam pop, dendeng balado and gulai: the dishes of Padang restaurants and Minangkabau cooking.

- 17 votes · 15 items
- Oct 15, 2021 · Nadia Siregar
- https://even.best/en/l/2511/the-best-padang-dishes

## Top 15

1. **Ayam pop** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Pale boiled-then-fried chicken with chilli sauce.
2. **Soto Padang** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Soup with crispy fried beef.
3. **Gulai otak** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Beef brain curry.
4. **Rendang** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Beef slow-cooked in coconut milk and spices.
5. **Gulai tunjang** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Beef tendon curry.
6. **Gulai kepala ikan** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Snapper head curry.
7. **Asam padeh** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fish in a sour and spicy broth.
8. **Nasi kapau** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rice with Bukittinggi side dishes.
9. **Teh talua** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Minang egg tea.
10. **Dendeng balado** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Thin dried beef with red chilli.
11. **Gulai gajebo** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Beef brisket fat curry.
12. **Dendeng batokok** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pounded flat dried beef.
13. **Kalio** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rendang still in its sauce.
14. **Sambal lado** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Minang chilli sambal.
15. **Ayam lado ijau** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Chicken in green chilli sambal.

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