Top 5 Spanish Dishes

5 Amazing Spanish Dishes That Will Spice up Your Life

Spain is a wonderful country with friendly and kind people and a most delightful cuisine filled with tasty authentic flavors and specific regional ingredients.

1. Croquettes

Croquetas are mini bite size croquettes filled with hot melted queso, sometimes cured ham and manchego cheese, or even mushrooms. There are many alternatives for croquettes including cheese and sweet-spiced Spanish sausage called morcilla. A warm plate of Croquettes are perfect for a delicious appetizer before lunch or dinner for a smooth flavor.

2. Empanada

Empanadas are a tasty meat and potato treat! They can be filled with chicken and cheese or steak and peppers with potatoes and make the perfect snack! The ingredients are wrapped in a pastry pocket filled with spices and bursting with flavors.

3. Tortilla Espanola

Tortilla Espanola is a Spanish potato omelette dish perfect for breakfast or lunch and filled with sweet flavors! Potato and eggs are slow cooked together with onions, olive oil, with spices and seasonings for a delicious potato cake-like omelette.

4. Pulpo a la Gallega

Yep, that’s right! Delicious Octopus! This popular Spanish dish uses fresh octopus macerated with flavors and potatoes over bread and seasonings for taste! This dish is found in restaurants all over the Galician areas of Spain.

5. Churros with Chocolate, Caramel, and Hazelnut Spread

Save the best for last! Dessert! Everyone loves a sweet chocolate dish after a spicy authentic meal in Spain. Churros are the sweet, crunchy pastry sticks covered with cinnamon sugar crystals and served warm and crispy! The best part of a dish of churros are the delicious dipping sauce selections. Most churros come with either a chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, and nutella or hazelnut & cocoa sauce, served hot and melted to almost liquid form.

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