The best traditional dishes of El Salvador
The top 3 according to 1 vote: Yuca con chicharrón · Pupusas · Panes con pollo. (Updated Sep 16, 2026.)
Salvadoran cooking of corn, beans and pork crackling, with the pupusa as the national dish, according to Wikipedia, Visit El Salvador and El Salvador Viajar.
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Top 10
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1
Yuca con chicharrón
Fried or boiled cassava with pork crackling, curtido and tomato sauce.
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2
Pupusas
Thick corn or rice tortillas stuffed with cheese, pork crackling, beans or loroco, with curtido and salsa; national dish with its own day on the second Sunday of November.
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3
Panes con pollo
French bread filled with stewed chicken, vegetables and sauce, for Christmas and parties.
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Sopa de gallina india
Free-range hen broth with vegetables, the Sunday cure-all.
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5
Chicken tamales
Corn masa with hen, potato and chickpeas in banana leaf.
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Tamales pisques
Masa tamales with refried beans.
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7
Pastelitos de carne
Fried corn-dough turnovers with meat and vegetables.
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8
Sopa de pata
Beef foot soup with cassava, plantain and corn.
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9
Riguas
Fresh corn cakes grilled in corn husk.
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Mariscada
Creamy seafood soup from the Salvadoran coast.
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Atol shuco
Black corn atole with beans and alguashte, served in a gourd.
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12
Salvadoran quesadilla
Sweet cheese and cream cake with sesame, for coffee.
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Comments (9)
Pupusas de arroz de Olocuilta, las mejores.
Las pupusas revueltas con curtido y salsa de tomate, lo mejor del mundo 🇸🇻
Los panes con pollo en Navidad, tradición salvadoreña.
El atol shuco en las mañanas frías, sabor de abuela.
La quesadilla salvadoreña con café, perfecta.
La yuca con chicharrón en el mercado, deliciosa.
La sopa de gallina india cuando estás enfermo, cura todo.
Los tamales pisques, buenísimos.
Las riguas con crema, qué ricas.