# The best traditional Honduran foods

Catracho cooking, from the street baleada to Garífuna conch soup, according to Heymondo, Exoticca and Honduran recipe books.

- 46 votes · 14 items
- Feb 12, 2026 · bairescocinillas
- https://even.best/en/l/860/the-best-traditional-honduran-foods

## Top 10

1. **Baleada** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Flour tortilla with beans, grated cheese and cream; 'sencilla' or with egg and avocado. The most popular dish.
2. **Conch soup** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Conch in coconut milk with cassava and plantain, from the Garífuna coast; famous for the song 'Sopa de caracol'.
3. **Pollo con tajadas** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fried chicken over green plantain chips with cabbage and sauce.
4. **Tapado olanchano** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Meat stew with cassava, plantain and vegetables in coconut broth, from Olancho.
5. **Machuca** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Mashed green plantain with fish in coconut soup, from the Garífuna coast.
6. **Plato típico hondureño** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Grilled beef, beans, fried plantain, chorizo, cheese, cream and tortillas.
7. **Sopa de capirotadas** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Broth with fried corn and cheese dumplings, for Holy Week.
8. **Nacatamales** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Large masa tamale with pork, rice and potato in banana leaf.
9. **dog cupcakes** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fried corn dough empanadas filled with meat and rice; The name is popular, they do not have a dog.
10. **Honduran pupusas** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Tortillas stuffed with cheese and pork crackling, popular in the west.
11. **Pan de coco** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Garífuna coconut bread.
12. **Atol de elote** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Thick hot drink of fresh corn.
13. **Honduran tripe soup** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Beef belly soup with yucca, banana and spices, a Sunday dish.
14. **Rosquillas en miel** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — Corn and cheese rings soaked in raw sugar syrup.

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