# The best Argentine empanadas by province

The map of Argentine empanadas: every province has its own and defends it. According to La Nación, Argentina.gob.ar and Mendoza Post.

- 5 votes · 12 items
- Dec 24, 2025 · Mariano
- https://even.best/en/l/868/the-best-argentine-empanadas-by-province

## Top 10

1. **Empanada salteña** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small and juicy, with hand-cut beef, potato, egg and cumin, baked in a clay oven.
2. **Empanada mendocina** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Beef with onion, boiled egg, green olives and sometimes raisins, baked.
3. **Empanada catamarqueña** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Beef with potato and chilli, thicker dough.
4. **Empanada cordobesa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet beef with sugar, potato and raisins, dusted with sugar.
5. **Empanada riojana** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef with olives, raisins and potato, often with hot chilli.
6. **Empanada jujeña** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beef with peas and spices, from the Andean north.
7. **Empanada de humita** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweetcorn with onion and cheese, the northern vegetarian version.
8. **Patagonian lamb empanada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Patagonian lamb, sometimes with mushrooms.
9. **Empanada de vigilia (tuna or fish)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Typical of Holy Week in the Litoral.
10. **Ham and cheese empanada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A must in every Buenos Aires order.
11. **Empanada tucumana** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Hand-cut beef, spring onion and egg; Famaillá holds the National Empanada Festival.
12. **Empanada santiagueña** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Beef with raisins, egg and lots of onion, from Santiago del Estero.

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