The best Argentine empanadas by province
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Empanada salteña · Empanada mendocina · Empanada catamarqueña. (Updated Dec 24, 2025.)
The map of Argentine empanadas: every province has its own and defends it. According to La Nación, Argentina.gob.ar and Mendoza Post.
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Top 10
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1
Empanada salteña
Small and juicy, with hand-cut beef, potato, egg and cumin, baked in a clay oven.
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2
Empanada mendocina
Beef with onion, boiled egg, green olives and sometimes raisins, baked.
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3
Empanada catamarqueña
Beef with potato and chilli, thicker dough.
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Empanada cordobesa
Sweet beef with sugar, potato and raisins, dusted with sugar.
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5
Empanada riojana
Beef with olives, raisins and potato, often with hot chilli.
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Empanada jujeña
Beef with peas and spices, from the Andean north.
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Empanada de humita
Sweetcorn with onion and cheese, the northern vegetarian version.
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Patagonian lamb empanada
Patagonian lamb, sometimes with mushrooms.
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Empanada de vigilia (tuna or fish)
Typical of Holy Week in the Litoral.
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10
Ham and cheese empanada
A must in every Buenos Aires order.
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Empanada tucumana
Hand-cut beef, spring onion and egg; Famaillá holds the National Empanada Festival.
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Empanada santiagueña
Beef with raisins, egg and lots of onion, from Santiago del Estero.
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Comments (8)
Las de humita son mis preferidas.
La mendocina con aceituna y huevo, tremenda.
Jamón y queso para los chicos, clásico.
La de cordero patagónica, una delicia.
Las de vigilia en Semana Santa, tradición.
La tucumana es la mejor, cortada a cuchillo y con mucho comino. Que no se ofendan los salteños.
Salteñas por lejos, con papa y huevo.
La guerra de las empanadas nunca termina 😂