# The best traditional Paraguayan foods

Paraguayan tembi'u, born from Guaraní and Spanish mixing, with lots of cassava and corn: the dishes every Paraguayan defends, according to Asukeai, Comidas Paraguayas and TasteAtlas ratings.

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- Oct 2, 2026 · bairescocinillas
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## Top 10

1. **Vori vori** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hen soup with cornmeal and cheese dumplings; the best-rated Paraguayan dish (4.8).
2. **Sopa paraguaya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A solid 'soup': cornbread with cheese, onion and milk, a national icon.
3. **Chipa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cassava starch, hard cheese and anise rolls sold on roads and buses.
4. **Mbeju** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pan-cooked cassava starch and cheese cake.
5. **Chipa guasu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fresh corn, cheese and egg bake, the side for asado.
6. **Pastel mandi'o** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cassava-dough empanada filled with meat, 4.4 on TasteAtlas.
7. **So'o yosopy (soyo)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thick minced-beef soup with rice or noodles.
8. **Paraguayan asado** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ribs, chorizo and blood sausage grilled with cassava.
9. **Bife koygua** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steak 'hidden' under onions and a fried egg.
10. **Kiveve** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet pumpkin purée with cheese.
11. **Boiled cassava** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The companion to every meal, like bread.
12. **Tereré** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yerba mate with iced water and herbs, UNESCO intangible heritage since 2020.
13. **Chipa so'o** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chipa stuffed with ground meat, typical of Paraguayan gastronomy.
14. **Lampred** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried cassava flour and meat tortilla, very popular in Paraguay.

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