Food of Hungary
Hungarian cooking is defined by paprika, onions and rich stews cooked slowly in a cauldron. Soups, stuffed vegetables, dumplings, sour cream and pastries fill the table, with Danube fish and spicy sausages as specialties. Meals are generous and homey, and cakes and coffee are an afternoon tradition.
Goulash
- Main dishes (11)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (6)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- paprika
- pork
- beef
- potatoes
- onions
- sour cream
- noodles
- peppers
Signature flavors
- sweet paprika
- caraway
- marjoram
- garlic
- dill
- vanilla
- poppy seeds
Main dishes
Beef and paprika stew with potatoes.
Key ingredients: beef, paprika, onions, potatoesFull guide →
Chicken in a creamy paprika sauce, served with nokedli.
Key ingredients: chicken, paprika, sour cream, onion
Thick paprika stew of meat and onion.
Key ingredients: pork or beef, onion, paprika
Cabbage rolls stuffed with pork and rice.
Key ingredients: cabbage, pork, rice, paprikaPeppers stuffed with meat and rice in tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: peppers, pork, rice, tomatoHungarian breaded cutlet.
Key ingredients: pork, breadcrumbs, egg
Spicy river fish soup with paprika.
Key ingredients: carp, paprika, onions, tomato
Stewed peppers, tomatoes and onions.
Key ingredients: peppers, tomatoes, onions, sausage
Small Hungarian dumplings.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, waterRoast pork and potatoes with paprika.
Key ingredients: pork, potatoes, paprikaSavory pancakes filled with meat and paprika sauce.
Key ingredients: crepes, veal, paprika sauceBreakfast
Bread with butter, paprika and tomato.
Key ingredients: bread, butter, tomatoScrambled eggs with peppers.
Key ingredients: eggs, peppers, sausageCurd cheese with noodles and sugar.
Key ingredients: curd cheese, pastaStreet food
Fried flatbread with sour cream and cheese.
Key ingredients: dough, garlic, sour cream, cheeseFull guide →
Chimney cake rolled in sugar.
Key ingredients: dough, sugar, walnutsFull guide →
Spicy sausage sold in rolls.
Key ingredients: sausage, mustard, bread
Thin crepes with jam or cheese.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, milkSoups
Soup version of goulash.
Key ingredients: beef, potatoes, paprikaFull guide →Spicy fisherman's soup.
Key ingredients: fish, paprikaCold fruit soup in summer.
Key ingredients: sour cherries, cream, cinnamonBean soup with smoked meat.
Key ingredients: beans, smoked pork, sour creamSalads
Cucumber salad with garlic and vinegar.
Key ingredients: cucumber, vinegar, paprikaSweet and sour cabbage salad.
Key ingredients: cabbage, vinegar, sugarAssorted pickles served with meals.
Key ingredients: cucumbers, peppers, cabbageBreads
Savory scones with cheese or cracklings.
Key ingredients: flour, butter, cheese
Crescent-shaped roll.
Key ingredients: flour, milk, yeastFlat, crisp bread.
Key ingredients: flour, yeastDesserts and sweets
Layered sponge cake with caramel top.
Key ingredients: sponge, chocolate cream, caramelSponge trifle layered with chocolate, nuts and whipped cream.
Key ingredients: sponge, chocolate, cream
Chocolate cream cake.
Key ingredients: chocolate, cream, sponge
Strudel with apple, cherry or poppy seed.
Key ingredients: pastry, apples, poppy seedCinnamon chimney cake.
Key ingredients: dough, sugarFull guide →Plum or cheese dumplings in breadcrumbs.
Key ingredients: cheese, breadcrumbs, sour creamDrinks
Rose hip tea, sweet-tart and rich in vitamin C.
Key ingredients: rose hips, honeySoda water served with fruit syrup.
Key ingredients: soda, fruit syrupLong Hungarian coffee.
Key ingredients: espresso, waterFruits and produce
Hungary's iconic ground peppers.
Key ingredients: stews, sausages
Kecskemet apricots for jam.
Key ingredients: jam, desserts
Used in soups and strudel.
Key ingredients: soup, cake
Plum jam (lekvar) fills pastries.
Key ingredients: jam, pastries
Summer favorite.
Key ingredients: freshDish guides from Hungary
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Gulyas080: Lily15, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chicken Paprikash (Csirke Paprikás): Atilla the Great, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Marhapörkölt juhtúrós sztrapacskával: János Korom Dr., CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Töltött káposzta, 2: Christo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Gyulai kolbasz: Hu Totya, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pfannkuchen mit Zucker: Jan Homann, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turkish pogachas: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kifli: Hu Totya, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dobos cake (Gerbeaud Confectionery Budapest Hungary): Savannah Grandfather, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rigojancsi: Winnie135, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Strudel: che, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rose hips: Morn the Gorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dried Hungarian paprika on string: Teemeah, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Apricot jam: Rita, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prunus cerasus - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-113: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plums African Rose - whole, halved and slice: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taiwan 2009 Tainan City Organic Farm Watermelon FRD 7962: Fred Hsu (Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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