# The most typical Cuban dishes

The Creole dishes that define Cuban cooking, from ropa vieja to congrí, according to Cuban food guides.

- 17 votes · 12 items
- Aug 15, 2025 · cucharon_bcn
- https://even.best/en/l/309/the-most-typical-cuban-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Moros y cristianos (congrí)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Rice cooked together with black beans (red beans in the eastern congrí).
2. **Ropa vieja** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Shredded beef in a tomato, pepper and sour orange sofrito; the most emblematic dish.
3. **Yuca con mojo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Boiled cassava with a garlic, sour orange and oil mojo.
4. **Ajiaco criollo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Stew of meats and root vegetables (malanga, sweet potato, cassava, corn), the dish of Cuban identity.
5. **Vaca frita** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shredded beef fried crisp with onion, garlic and lime.
6. **Picadillo a la habanera** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Minced beef with olives, raisins and capers, with rice and egg.
7. **Arroz con pollo a la chorrera** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soupy rice with chicken, beer and pimientos.
8. **Cuban sandwich** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Cuban bread with roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard, pressed.
9. **Lechón asado** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mojo-marinated roast pork, the centre of the Christmas Eve dinner.
10. **Rabo encendido** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oxtail stewed with wine and chilli.
11. **Tamal en cazuela** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fresh corn dough stewed with pork.
12. **Tostones** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Green plantain fried twice and flattened.

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