The best traditional Bolivian dishes
The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: Salteña · Silpancho · Sopa de maní. (Updated Aug 25, 2026.)
The dishes every Bolivian misses abroad, from the breakfast salteña to Cochabamba's pique macho, according to Bolivia.com and food guides.
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Top 10
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1
Salteña
Juicy pastry filled with broth, meat, potato and olive, eaten in the morning.
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2
Silpancho
Paper-thin breaded beef over rice and potatoes, with fried egg and salad; from Cochabamba.
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Sopa de maní
Creamy ground peanut soup topped with fries.
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Fricasé
Spicy pork soup with yellow chilli and hominy, typical of La Paz.
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5
Chairo
Andean soup of chuño, lamb and vegetables.
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6
Cuñapé
Cassava starch and cheese roll from eastern Bolivia.
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Pique macho
Chips with beef, sausage, onion, locoto chilli and boiled egg, created in Cochabamba in 1974.
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Majadito
Rice with jerky, fried egg and plantain, from the east (Santa Cruz).
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9
Anticuchos
Beef heart skewers with potato and peanut sauce, La Paz night food.
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10
Sajta de pollo
Chicken in yellow chilli sauce with chuño, typical of La Paz.
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11
Api con pastel
Hot purple corn drink with a fried cheese pastry, the Andean breakfast.
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12
Chicharrón cochabambino
Pork fried in its own fat with hominy and chicha.
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Comments (1)
La salteña a media mañana es ley en La Paz, y sin que se te chorree el jugo 😂