# The best traditional Bolivian dishes

The dishes every Bolivian misses abroad, from the breakfast salteña to Cochabamba's pique macho, according to Bolivia.com and food guides.

- 6 votes · 12 items
- Aug 25, 2026 · Camila Espinoza
- https://even.best/en/l/314/the-best-traditional-bolivian-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Salteña** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Juicy pastry filled with broth, meat, potato and olive, eaten in the morning.
2. **Silpancho** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Paper-thin breaded beef over rice and potatoes, with fried egg and salad; from Cochabamba.
3. **Sopa de maní** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Creamy ground peanut soup topped with fries.
4. **Fricasé** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spicy pork soup with yellow chilli and hominy, typical of La Paz.
5. **Chairo** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Andean soup of chuño, lamb and vegetables.
6. **Cuñapé** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cassava starch and cheese roll from eastern Bolivia.
7. **Pique macho** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chips with beef, sausage, onion, locoto chilli and boiled egg, created in Cochabamba in 1974.
8. **Majadito** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice with jerky, fried egg and plantain, from the east (Santa Cruz).
9. **Anticuchos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef heart skewers with potato and peanut sauce, La Paz night food.
10. **Sajta de pollo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chicken in yellow chilli sauce with chuño, typical of La Paz.
11. **Api con pastel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hot purple corn drink with a fried cheese pastry, the Andean breakfast.
12. **Chicharrón cochabambino** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pork fried in its own fat with hominy and chicha.

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