The best traditional Nicaraguan foods
The top 3 according to 110 votes from people: Gallo pinto · Surtido típico · Nacatamal. (Updated Nov 7, 2024.)
Nica cooking of corn, red beans and plantain, from everyday gallo pinto to Sunday nacatamal, according to Expreso, Wikipedia and Nicaraguan recipe books.
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Top 10
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1
Gallo pinto
Rice and red beans fried together with onion and sweet pepper; eaten almost daily, the national dish.
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Surtido típico
Gallo pinto, fried ripe plantain, fried cheese, cream and tortilla.
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Nacatamal
Corn masa with pork, rice, potato and mint wrapped in banana leaf; Sunday breakfast.
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4
Quesillo
Tortilla with fresh cheese, pickled onion and cream, from Nagarote and La Paz Centro.
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5
Indio viejo
Thick stew of shredded beef with corn masa, sour orange and annatto.
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6
Vigorón
Boiled cassava with pork crackling and cabbage salad on banana leaf, from Granada.
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7
Rondón
Caribbean coconut soup with seafood and root vegetables, from the Atlantic coast.
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Tres leches
Soaked sponge dessert, popular across Nicaragua.
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9
Sopa de mondongo
Beef tripe soup with vegetables; Masaya's is famous.
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10
Baho
Beef, green and ripe plantain and cassava steamed in banana leaves.
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11
Güirilas
Fresh corn pancakes with cuajada cheese, from Matagalpa.
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Pinolillo
Toasted corn and cacao drink, the drink of 'true Nicas'.
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Comments (3)
El vigorón de Granada, en el parque central, imprescindible.
El quesillo de Nagarote, lo mejor.
El nacatamal los domingos con café, tradición nica.