Food of Ukraine
Ukrainian cuisine is hearty and homey, with rich soils producing wheat, beets, potatoes, cabbage and sunflower oil. Dumplings, soups and bread play starring roles, along with pork, fresh cheese, dill and sour cream. Dishes are made for sharing with family, often with soup first and a table full of pickles and preserves.
- Main dishes (12)
- Breakfast (4)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (4)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- beets
- potatoes
- wheat
- cabbage
- pork
- dill
- sunflower oil
- farmer's cheese
Signature flavors
- dill
- garlic
- parsley
- black pepper
- bay leaf
- sour cream
- horseradish
Main dishes
The famous beet soup, often served with a garlic bread roll.
Key ingredients: beets, cabbage, potatoes, sour creamFull guide →
Boiled dumplings with potato, cheese, cabbage or cherries.
Key ingredients: dough, potatoes, cheeseFull guide →
Cabbage rolls with rice and meat in tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: cabbage, rice, pork, tomato
Breaded chicken breast with a garlic-butter center.
Key ingredients: chicken, butter, garlic, breadcrumbsCrisp potato pancakes served with sour cream.
Key ingredients: potatoes, onion, eggFull guide →Juicy minced meat patties.
Key ingredients: pork, beef, onion, bread
Garlic-topped yeast rolls served with borscht.
Key ingredients: flour, garlic, oil, dillMillet and vegetable stew cooked in a cauldron.
Key ingredients: millet, potatoes, pork fat, onionCured pork fat sliced thin, served with bread and garlic.
Key ingredients: pork fat, garlic, salt
Thin pancakes rolled around cheese or meat.
Key ingredients: crepes, cheese, meatSavory jellied meat served cold with horseradish.
Key ingredients: pork, garlic, broth
Carpathian cornmeal porridge with cream and cheese.
Key ingredients: cornmeal, cream, cheeseBreakfast
Golden farmer's cheese pancakes.
Key ingredients: farmer's cheese, egg, flourFull guide →Potato pancakes served with sour cream.
Key ingredients: potatoes, egg
Buckwheat or millet porridge with butter.
Key ingredients: buckwheat, butterFluffy eggs with dill and cheese.
Key ingredients: eggs, dill, cheeseStreet food
Small baked buns with sweet or savory fillings.
Key ingredients: dough, potatoes, cabbage, apples
Crispy fried meat turnovers.
Key ingredients: dough, ground meat, onion
Roasted sunflower seeds snacked on everywhere.
Key ingredients: sunflower seeds, saltSoups
Sorrel soup with eggs and potatoes.
Key ingredients: sorrel, potatoes, eggs
Sauerkraut and pork soup.
Key ingredients: sauerkraut, pork, potatoes
Tangy, rich soup with pickles and olives.
Key ingredients: pickles, sausage, olives
Light chicken broth with homemade noodles.
Key ingredients: chicken, noodles, carrotsSalads
Potato salad with peas, carrots and eggs.
Key ingredients: potatoes, eggs, peas, mayonnaiseFull guide →
Beet and sauerkraut salad.
Key ingredients: beets, sauerkraut, potatoesFresh salad with sunflower oil and dill.
Key ingredients: cabbage, cucumber, dillBreads
Round Ukrainian wheat bread with a crusty top.
Key ingredients: wheat flour, yeast
Decorated celebration bread for weddings.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, butterDesserts and sweets
Honey layer cake with cream.
Key ingredients: honey, flour, sour creamFull guide →Baked sweet farmer's cheese cake.
Key ingredients: farmer's cheese, eggs, sugar
Meringue-hazelnut layer cake with buttercream.
Key ingredients: hazelnuts, meringue, buttercream
Crisp fried pastry ribbons dusted with sugar.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, sour creamDrinks
Dried fruit compote.
Key ingredients: dried apples, pears, plums, honey
Fermented bread beverage.
Key ingredients: rye bread, water
Tangy fermented milk.
Key ingredients: milkMint and linden infusions.
Key ingredients: herbs, honeyFruits and produce
Used in varenyky and compote.
Key ingredients: dumplings, compote
Autumn orchard fruit in baking and compote.
Key ingredients: baked, compote
Kherson watermelons are sweet and prized.
Key ingredients: fresh
Fresh and dried plums.
Key ingredients: fresh, compote
Source of the famous seeds and oil.
Key ingredients: seeds, oilDish guides from Ukraine
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Borscht served: liz west from Boxborough, MA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Varenyky with Potatoes - 2026 -03: DemieK07, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Töltött káposzta, 2: Christo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chicken Kiev - Ukrainian East Village restaurant: Jason Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pampushky-plain: Kagor at Ukrainian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Crepes dsc07085: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Banusz (banosz) w restauracji-piwowarni "Kumpel" we Lwowie: Trzewik, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Syrniki6: Tatyana Morozyuk, color processing by Off-shell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Гречневая каша: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Piroshki: Evilmonkey0013 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ayran+Çibörek: Eaeeae, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sunflower Seeds Kaldari: Kaldari, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sorrel soup with egg and croutons (Zupa szczawiowa z jajkiem i grzankami): Michał Sulik, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kapusniak: Mariuszjbie, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Soljanka food 05: Pannet, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chicken Noodle Soup: Hoyabird8, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Салат Оливье 03: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vinegret cleaned: Loyna (original image) ; processed by Off-shell, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Паляниця, спечена в пекарні, 2024 р: Віщун, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2013-01 Internationale Grüne Woche Berlin anagoria 15: Anagoria, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Honey cake Medovik: insatiablemunch @ Flickr ; cropped by Off-shell, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kiev cake slice: Mrnotwo, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Faworki (close-up): Marcin Floryan, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Peach kompot: Biso, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mint bread kvas: Mr.Icon (Mricon), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kefir in a glass: Quijote at Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prunus cerasus - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-113: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (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)
- Plums African Rose - whole, halved and slice: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dwarf sunflower seedling: Hildabast, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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