# The best traditional Basque dishes

Basque cooking of the sea, the farmhouse and the gastronomic societies, according to Wikipedia, idealista and Basque dish guides.

- 103 votes · 12 items
- Nov 25, 2025 · Macarena Aguilar
- https://even.best/en/l/322/the-best-traditional-basque-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Bacalao al pil pil** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Salt cod confit whose gelatin emulsifies the oil with garlic and chilli.
2. **Marmitako** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Bonito tuna stew with potatoes and choricero peppers, a fishermen's dish.
3. **Alubias de Tolosa** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Black beans with 'sacramentos': cabbage, chorizo, black pudding and pickled chillies.
4. **Kokotxas in green sauce** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Hake throats in garlic and parsley sauce.
5. **Txangurro a la donostiarra** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Spider crab baked in its shell.
6. **Hake a la koxkera** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Hake with clams, asparagus and peas in green sauce.
7. **Bacalao a la vizcaína** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Salt cod in choricero pepper and onion sauce.
8. **Pintxos** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Gilda, txaka, skewers: the bar counters of San Sebastián's Old Town.
9. **Txipirones en su tinta** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Baby squid stewed in their black ink sauce.
10. **Txuleta (beef chop)** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Old cow rib steak over embers, the emblem of the cider houses.
11. **Goxua** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — Vitoria dessert of sponge, cream and burnt custard.
12. **Sukalki** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Veal stew with potatoes and peas.

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