# The best traditional dishes of Asturias

Asturian cooking of stews, cider and meadows: from fabada to cachopo, according to Asturian food guides.

- 47 votes · 13 items
- Oct 1, 2025 · Julia Herrera
- https://even.best/en/l/321/the-best-traditional-dishes-of-asturias

## Top 10

1. **Fabada asturiana** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — White beans with 'compango' (chorizo, black pudding, pork shoulder and belly); the best-known Asturian dish.
2. **Cachopo** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Two veal steaks filled with ham and cheese, breaded and fried; today the most popular dish.
3. **Pote asturiano** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Stew of cabbage, potato, beans and compango.
4. **Pastel de cabracho** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cold scorpionfish terrine popularised by Juan Mari Arzak.
5. **Hake in cider** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cantabrian hake stewed in cider.
6. **Fabes con almejas** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — White beans stewed with clams, the seafood version.
7. **Asturian cheeses** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cabrales, Gamonéu, Afuega'l Pitu and Casín, four PDOs.
8. **Chorizo a la sidra** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Chorizo cooked in natural cider, a cider-house tapa.
9. **Arroz con leche requemado** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Rice pudding with a burnt sugar crust, ultra creamy.
10. **Pitu de caleya** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Free-range native chicken slowly stewed.
11. **Tortos de maíz** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fried cornmeal cakes with minced meat or egg.
12. **Casadielles** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried pastries filled with walnut and anise.
13. **Frixuelos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin fried dough similar to a crepe, which is eaten with sugar or honey, typical of Antroxu.

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