# Typical Madrid dishes

Madrid's traditional 'castizo' cooking: cocido, offal and tavern fry-ups, according to ¡Hola!, Madrid24horas and guides to Madrid food. Dishes, not restaurants.

- 19 votes · 16 items
- Aug 26, 2026 · Carla Gallego
- https://even.best/en/l/467/typical-madrid-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Calamari sandwich** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Battered squid in a crusty baguette, the Plaza Mayor sandwich.
2. **Cocido madrileño** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Chickpeas, meats, pork fat, chorizo, black pudding and cabbage served in three courses.
3. **Callos a la madrileña** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Beef tripe with snout, trotters, chorizo and black pudding in spicy sauce.
4. **Soldaditos de Pavía** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Battered salt cod strips with red pepper, the tavern tapa.
5. **Huevos rotos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried eggs broken over chips with ham or chistorra.
6. **Gallinejas y entresijos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried lamb intestines, traditional offal from the Ribera de Curtidores.
7. **Besugo a la madrileña** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Baked sea bream for Christmas Eve dinner.
8. **San Isidro doughnuts** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 'Silly' and 'clever' rosquillas, the sweet of the patron saint's festival in May.
9. **garlic soup** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Castilian soup of bread, garlic, paprika and egg, classic of Madrid winters.
10. **Bartolillos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried dumplings filled with pastry cream, typical of Lent in Madrid.
11. **Torrijas** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Soaked and fried bread, an Easter tradition in Madrid's pastry shops.
12. **Patatas bravas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bravas were born in Madrid and every bar defends its own sauce.
13. **Grilled pig's ear** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pork ear with garlic and chilli.
14. **Snails Madrid-style** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Snails in spicy sauce with chorizo, from El Rastro.
15. **Churros and porras with chocolate** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The traditional breakfast or late-night treat.
16. **Beef nugget** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef fillet sandwich, born in the Café de Fornos in Madrid at the end of the 19th century.

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