The requested resource is not found. What Would You Like to Cook? 15 Mouth-Watering National Dishes of Latin America National dishes from Latin America are cuy frito, colorful, and yes—spicy!

From Mexican mole and Argentinian asado to Peruvian ceviche and Salvadoran pupusas, learn all about the many delicious creations of Latin American gastronomic creativity. In this list, discover 15 most delicious national dishes of Latin America. Join 559 million people on the planet who speak Spanish! Sign up for your free trial Spanish class today. If we accept that there’s such a thing as Latin American culture, then there should be a Latin American cuisine, right? Latin American people love their food and feel proud of it. But there are often great differences between one national cuisine and the next.

For this reason, Latin American cuisine is actually an aggregate of various national dishes. Mole Mexico’s cuisine was the first to be declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Although tacos may be its most famous dish, another culinary specialty is the national dish of Mexico: mole! However these sauces aren’t your typical sauce that you pour over your tacos. It’s a more refined sauce that sometimes includes chocolate!

It often accompanies a main dish like chicken with rice, for instance. Ceviche Peruvian cuisine is enjoying an international boom. It’s one of the most recognized Latin American cuisines in the world. It’s also the cuisine with the largest number of dishes in the world. This Latin American gastronomic classic includes raw fish, a mix of citrus juices, and a selection of vegetables.

An apparently simple dish, it produces extraordinarily complex flavors and tastes. Pabellón Criollo Just like with Mexican tacos, Venezuelan arepas may be this South American country’s most famous food, but they aren’t its national dish. That honor belongs to the exquisite pabellón criollo. A combination of traditional Venezuelan rice, meat, and beans is arranged on the plate representing the Venezuelan part.