# The most popular Jordanian dishes

Dishes of the Jordanian table, from mansaf, the 'lord of the table' added to UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2022, to maqluba and musakhan, according to the Jordan Tourism Board and Arabic cooking sites.

- 4 votes · 11 items
- Dec 5, 2025 · mstinkerer
- https://even.best/en/l/605/the-most-popular-jordanian-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Mansaf** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lamb cooked in jameed (dried yoghurt) over rice and shrak bread, the Bedouin national dish, UNESCO-listed since 2022.
2. **Maqluba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rice with chicken or meat and aubergine or cauliflower, flipped over to serve; Jordanians' most popular dish.
3. **Falafel and hummus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Amman's popular breakfast in downtown eateries.
4. **Fatteh** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Toasted bread with chickpeas, yoghurt and ghee.
5. **Musakhan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roast chicken with onions and sumac on taboon bread, Palestinian in origin and popular in Jordan.
6. **Zarb** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meat and chicken cooked in a pit under the sand in Wadi Rum and the desert.
7. **Knafeh nabulsieh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cheese kunafa with syrup, Amman's most famous sweet.
8. **Rashouf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lentil and bulgur soup with jameed, an old winter dish.
9. **Mujallala** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bulgur, meat and yoghurt, a traditional rural dish.
10. **Stuffed vegetables and vine leaves** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vine leaves and courgettes stuffed with rice and meat.
11. **Sage tea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bedouin tea with sage, a symbol of hospitality.

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