Nicaragua: Menu of Typical Dishes
A list of typical Nicaraguan dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Nicaraguan-style meal, party or festival.
Typical Nicaraguan Dishes
Appetizers
- Queso Frito (Fried cheese)
- Tajadas (Plantain chips)
Soups and Stews
- Mondongo (Tripe soup)
- Sopa de Cola (Oxtail soup)
Salads
- Ensalada de Repollo (Cabbage and tomato salad)
- Vigorón (Yuca, pork rind and cabbage salad)
Poultry
- Pollo Encebollado (Chicken simmered with onions)
- Pollo Horneado (Roast chicken)
Meats
- Baho (Steamed beef with yuca and plaintain)
- Bistec Encebollado (Steak topped with onions)
- Bistec Entomatado (Steak in tomato sauce)
- Carne Asada (Grilled steak)
- Cerdo Frito (Fried pork)
- Churrasco (Grilled beef steak)
- Lengua en Salsa (Beef tongue with sauce)
- Salpicón de Res (Shredded beef salad)
- Vigorón (Yuca, pork rind and cabbage salad)
Fish and Seafood
- Camarones al Ajillo (Shrimp in garlic-butter sauce)
- Chuleta de Pescado (Breaded fish filet)
- Pescado a la Tipitapa (Whole red snapper Tipitapa-style)
Vegetables and Beans
- Frijoles Rojos (Red beans)
- Gallo Pinto (Red beans and rice)
- Plátanos Fritos (Fried ripe plantains)
- Yuca (Boiled yuca root)
Breads and Grains
- Arroz (White rice)
- Nacatamales (Meat and vegetable-filled tamales)
- Quesillos (Tortilla with cheese and onions)
- Tamales de Elote (Fresh corncakes)
- Tortillas (Corn flatbread)
Sauces
- Vinagre de Piña (Pineapple vinegar)
Desserts
- Arroz con Leche (Rice pudding)
- Buñuelos de Yuca (Yuca fritters)
- Flan de Leche (Caramel custard)
- Pastel de Tres Leches (Central American cake of three milks)
- Pío Quinto (Rum cake)
Beverages
- Café con Leche (Coffee with milk)
- Cebada (Barley beverage)
- Chicha (Fermented corn beverage)
- Horchata de Arroz (Sweet rice beverage)
- Pinolillo (Cocoa cornmeal beverage)
- Pitahaya (Dragon fruit beverage)
- Pozol (Fermented corn beverage)
- Tiste (Corn and cacao beverage)
