Honduran Cuisine & Recipes

Typical Honduran Dishes

Appetizers

• Sartén de Cuajada (Mix of cheese, cornmeal and bell pepper with tortilla chips)
• Totopos (Toasted tortilla chips)

Soups & Stews

• Sopa de Caracol (Conch soup)
• Tapado (Meat or fish and vegetable stew)

Salads

• Ensalada de Aguacate y Camarones (Shrimp and avocado salad)
• Ensalada Palmito (Hearts of palm salad)

Meats

• Candinga (Pork liver with onions and peppers)
• Chanfaina de Menudos de Marrano (Stewed pork heart and liver)

Vegetables & Beans

• Plátanos Fritos (Fried ripe plantains)

Breads & Grains

• Balleadas (Corn tortillas stuffed with cheese and beans
• Montucas (Corn tamales)
• Nacatamales (Corn tamales stuffed with pork)
• Pupusas (Thick tortillas)
• Tamales de Elote (Fresh corncakes)
• Ticucos ("Travel" tamales)

Desserts

• Capirotada (Cheese and cornmeal balls in syrup)

Beverages

• Horchata (Sweet rice beverage; see recipe notes)
• Ponche de Piña Navideño (Christmas pineapple punch)
• Rompopo (Eggnog with aguardiente)