Food of Honduras
Honduran cooking mixes Indigenous, Spanish, Garifuna and Caribbean influences. Corn tortillas, beans, plantains and coconut are everyday foods, with baleadas the beloved street snack and seafood soups on the Caribbean coast. Meals feature fresh cheese, cream and tangy pickled onions.
- Main dishes (8)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (2)
- Salads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (4)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- corn
- beans
- plantains
- coconut
- cheese
- pork
- chicken
- fish
Signature flavors
- coconut
- cilantro
- garlic
- achiote
- lime
- cumin
Main dishes
Flour tortilla with beans, cheese and cream.
Key ingredients: flour tortilla, beans, cheese, creamFull guide →Meat, beans, plantains, cheese and tortillas.
Key ingredients: beef, beans, plantainFried chicken over tortilla chips.
Key ingredients: chicken, tortilla chips, cabbageFried fish with plantain chips.
Key ingredients: fish, plantain
Grilled steak with chimol.
Key ingredients: beef, lime
Coconut seafood stew.
Key ingredients: fish, coconut milk, plantain
Tamales with chicken or pork.
Key ingredients: masa, chicken, riceFull guide →
Meat-filled pastries.
Key ingredients: pastry, beefBreakfast
Eggs, beans and cream.
Key ingredients: eggs, beans, plantainGarifuna coconut bread.
Key ingredients: coconut, flourFlour tortillas.
Key ingredients: flourStreet food
Baleadas with egg and meat.
Key ingredients: beans, eggFull guide →Fried cassava with pork.
Key ingredients: yuca, porkCrisp tostadas with meat and cabbage.
Key ingredients: tostada, beef
Fried plantain chips.
Key ingredients: plantainSoups
Conch soup with coconut.
Key ingredients: conch, coconut, plantainTripe soup.
Key ingredients: tripe, vegetablesSalads
Tomato and onion relish.
Key ingredients: tomato, onion, limeCabbage salad.
Key ingredients: cabbageDesserts and sweets
Sweet corn rings.
Key ingredients: corn, sugar
Milk cake.
Key ingredients: sponge, milksFull guide →Fried bread in syrup.
Key ingredients: bread, syrupMilk caramel.
Key ingredients: milk, sugarDrinks
Rice drink.
Key ingredients: rice, cinnamonFull guide →Corn drink.
Key ingredients: corn, milkLimeade.
Key ingredients: lime, sugarHonduran mountain coffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFruits and produce
Seasonal favorite.
Sweet and juicy.
Major crop.
Eaten at breakfast.
Full guide →
Small yellow berries.
Dish guides from Honduras
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Baleada: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carne asada (4472586086): Daniel R. Blume from Toledo, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tapado: Keryy13, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tamal oaxaqueño: Georgina Meneses, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cuban pastry, guava: https://www.flickr.com/photos/themarmot/, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Platanas fritas: Sarang, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pastel de Tres Leches: @joefoodie, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Horchata de chufa 2: Photocapy, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- കൈതച്ചക്ക: Suniltg at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Byrsonima crassifolia 1: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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