# Traditional Uruguayan foods you have to try

The tastiest Uruguayan food, from asado to the chivito, according to Guru'Guay, Wikipedia and travel guides.

- 152 votes · 13 items
- Nov 29, 2025 · Macarena Aguilar
- https://even.best/en/l/311/traditional-uruguayan-foods-you-have-to-try

## Top 10

1. **Milanesa a la napolitana** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — Breaded cutlet with tomato sauce, ham and melted cheese.
2. **Choripán** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Grilled sausage in bread, the classic of markets and football grounds.
3. **Asado** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Ribs, flank, chorizo and black pudding over wood embers; the country's most important dish.
4. **Chivito** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Steak sandwich with ham, bacon, mozzarella, lettuce, tomato, egg and pepper, born in Punta del Este.
5. **Torta frita** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Fried dough for rainy days, with mate.
6. **Pamplona** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Pork or chicken roll stuffed with ham, cheese and pepper, grilled.
7. **Martín Fierro** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Country cheese with quince or sweet potato paste.
8. **Chajá** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Sponge, meringue, cream and peach cake created in Paysandú in 1927.
9. **Fainá** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Chickpea flour flatbread eaten on top of pizza ('pizza a caballo').
10. **Ñoquis del 29** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — Potato gnocchi with a banknote under the plate on the 29th of each month.
11. **Empanadas** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Baked or fried, with beef or ham and cheese.
12. **Bizcochos** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Croissants and pastries for the afternoon mate.
13. **Pascualina** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Salty chard or spinach pie with whole hard-boiled eggs inside, very common in Uruguay.

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