# The best traditional Ecuadorian dishes

The Ecuadorian dishes from the Coast and the Highlands that repeat most in food guides, from encebollado to Easter fanesca.

- 76 votes · 13 items
- Jan 8, 2025 · Macarena Aguilar
- https://even.best/en/l/310/the-best-traditional-ecuadorian-dishes

## Top 12

1. **Encebollado** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Albacore soup with cassava, pickled onion and lime, the coastal hangover cure.
2. **Hornado** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Wood-oven roast pork with llapingachos, hominy and agrio, from the Highlands.
3. **Encocado de pescado** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Fish in coconut sauce from Esmeraldas.
4. **Fanesca** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Easter soup with twelve grains and salt cod in a milk broth.
5. **Llapingachos** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Potato patties stuffed with cheese, from Ambato.
6. **Bolón de verde** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Ball of mashed green plantain with cheese or pork crackling, a coastal breakfast.
7. **Cuy asado** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Charcoal-roasted guinea pig, a festive Andean dish.
8. **Guatita** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Tripe in peanut sauce with potatoes.
9. **Shrimp ceviche** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Shrimp in lime, orange and tomato juice, served with popcorn and plantain chips.
10. **Fritada** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Pork cooked and fried in its own fat with hominy and ripe plantain.
11. **Corviche** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Green plantain dough filled with fish and fried, from Manabí.
12. **Locro de papa** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Thick potato soup with cheese and avocado.
13. **Seco de chivo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Goat stew with naranjilla and chicha, with yellow rice.

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