# The best traditional dishes of the Valencian Community

Much more than paella: the rice dishes, stews and sweets of Valencia, Castellón and Alicante listed by Valencia Plaza, idealista and Valencian cookery guides.

- 16 votes · 13 items
- Sep 26, 2026 · Pau Bravo Fernández
- https://even.best/en/l/324/the-best-traditional-dishes-of-the-valencian-community

## Top 10

1. **All i pebre** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Albufera eel stew with garlic, paprika and chilli.
2. **Arroz negro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rice with cuttlefish ink and aioli.
3. **Coca de llanda** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Traditional tray sponge cake topped with sugar and cinnamon.
4. **Turrón de Jijona** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Soft almond and honey turrón from Xixona, PGI.
5. **Fideuà de Gandia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Seafood noodles with aioli born in Gandia.
6. **Horchata with fartons** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Tiger-nut milk from Alboraya with long buns for dipping.
7. **Olleta alicantina** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Pulse stew with vegetables and meat from the Alicante mountains.
8. **Arròs a banda** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rice cooked in fish stock and served with aioli; a fishermen's dish.
9. **Arròs with fesols and naps** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Soupy winter rice with beans, turnips and pork, typical of Valencia.
10. **Paella valenciana** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Chicken, rabbit, butter beans and green beans in a wood-fired paella; the original from the huerta.
11. **Arroz al horno** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Oven-baked rice in a clay dish with chickpeas, ribs, black pudding, tomato and potato, using up the stew.
12. **Arroz con costra** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Baked rice with an egg crust, typical of Elche.
13. **Esgarraet** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Shredded salt cod with roasted red pepper, garlic and oil.

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