List of Ecuadorian dishes and foods
This is a list of Ecuadorian dishes and foods. Ecuadorian cuisine, the cuisine of Ecuador, is diverse, varying with altitude, and associated agricultural conditions. In the coast, a lot of seafood, rice and beans with grilled steak and/or chicken are served along with maduros and/or patacones. A variety of stewed steak and chivo are very traditional too. The most traditional seafood dishes are ceviche (de camarones, mejillones, ostiones, pescado, etc) and encebollado de pescado. Also, there are a variety of soups based on local vegetables, like sopa de queso (vegetables and white cheese), caldo de bolas, a soup based on plantains to name a few. These are soup "alike" dishes cooked with lemon. In the mountains, "Sierra" area ——Pork, chicken, beef, and cuy (guinea pig). They are served with a variety of carbohydrate-rich foods, especially rice, corn, and potatoes. A popular street food in mountainous regions is hornado (roasted pig), which is often served with llapingacho (a pan seared potato ball). Some examples of Ecuadorian cuisine in general include patacones (unripe plantains fried in oil, mashed up, and then refried), llapingachos, and seco de chivo (a type of stew made from goat). A wide variety of fresh fruit is available, particularly at lower altitudes, including granadilla, passionfruit, naranjilla, several types of bananas, uvilla, taxo, and tree tomato finally a drink made from fruits known as the colada or even the colada morada.
Ecuadorian dishes and foods
- Alfajor
- Ceviche
- Chifle
- Chugchucaras – a local delicacy of Latacunga, Ecuador, and the surrounding area prepared with deep fried pork and several other ingredients
- Churrasco
- Churro
- Dulce de Leche
- Come y Bebe (a tropical fruit salad served in orange juice)
- Ecuador maize varieties – Maize is cropped almost everywhere in Ecuador, with the exception of the Altiplano, the cold desert highlands 3000 meters above sea level.
- Empanadas de Platano
- Encebollado – a fish stew from Ecuador, regarded as a national dish.[2][3][4]
- Escabeche
- Fanesca
- Fritada
- Guatitas
- Guinea pig
- Hornado
- Humita
- Ilex guayusa
- Llapingacho
- Locro
- Mote
- Panela – unrefined whole cane sugar
- Plantain soup – Caldo de bolas de verde (green plantain dumpling soup) is from coastal Ecuador
- Roscas
- Sancocho
- Sango de Platano Verde
- Salchipapas
- Seco
- Refrito – referred to as refrito in Ecuador, and it is made of Spanish onions, cubanelle peppers, fresh tomatoes, roasted garlic, cilantro and ground toasted cumin
- Lechon (Suckling pig)
- Bolón de verde
- T'anta wawa
- Uchu Jacu
- Llapingacho (pictured top) with chorizo
Condiments
Beverages
- Canelazo – a hot alcoholic beverage consumed in the Andean highlands of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru
- Champús
- Chapil
- Chicha
- Colada morada
- Cuáker – a breakfast beverage made with Quaker Oats. Cuáker is a loanword of Quaker.
- Fioravanti – a fruit-flavored, carbonated soft drink first sold in 1878 in Ecuador
- Horchata
References
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- Ecuador in Focus. pp. 63–64.
- Martin, Herrera (7 October 2007). "El encebollado, un plato que evolucionó con los marineros españoles de antaño". Gastronomia Peru. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- "Encebollado de pescado". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- "Historia del sabor guayaco". Historia del sabor guayaco. Retrieved 13 November 2014.