🇪🇸Spanish food
Spanish cuisine relies on olive oil, garlic, seafood, pork products such as jamón and chorizo, rice, legumes and vegetables, with strong regional differences. Tapas — small plates shared with drinks — are a popular way to eat.
64dishes
184average kcal per 100 g
31%vegetarian
Lightest dishes
Most filling dishes
Highest in protein
💡Tip
Tapas are small but add up, and fried items and cured meats are calorie-dense — grilled seafood and vegetable dishes are usually lighter.
All 64 dishes
🧆 Albóndigas (Spanish meatballs in tomato sauce)🍅 Albóndigas con tomate🍲 Albóndigas en salsa🦑 Arroz negro (black rice with squid)🐟 Bacalao a la vizcaína🐟 Bacalao al pil pil🦑 Black Paella (Arròs Negre)🐟 Boquerones en vinagre🦑 Calamares a la romana🦑 Calamares fritos🦑 Calamari a la romana🍲 Callos a la madrileña🌭 Chorizo in cider🥖 Churros☕ Churros con chocolate🐖 Cochinillo asado (roast suckling pig)🍲 Cocido madrileño🍮 Crema catalana🥟 Croquetas🥧 Empanada Gallega🥗 Ensaladilla rusa🍆 Escalivada🫘 Fabada Asturiana🥘 Fideuà🥘 Fideuà with seafood and aioli🍮 Flan de Huevo🦐 Gambas al ajillo🍄 Garlic mushrooms (champiñones al ajillo)🍅 Gazpacho🥟 Ham croquetas (croquetas de jamón)🥤 Horchata de chufa (tigernut milk)🍳 Huevos rotos🍖 Jamón ibérico🍮 Leche frita🐟 Marmitako🦪 Mejillones a la Marinera🍳 Migas🌶️ Padrón peppers🥘 Paella🥘 Paella Mixta🥘 Paella Valenciana🍅 Pan con Tomate🥔 Patatas Bravas🫑 Piquillo peppers stuffed with salt cod🫑 Piquillo peppers stuffed with tuna🍅 Pisto Manchego🍗 Pollo al ajillo (Spanish garlic chicken)🍪 Polvorones🐙 Pulpitos a la Plancha (Griddled Baby Octopus)🐙 Pulpo a Feira🐙 Pulpo a la Gallega (Galician Octopus)🍖 Rabo de Toro🍅 Salmorejo🐟 Salt cod croquetas🍰 San Sebastián cheesecake🦐 Seafood Paella🍰 Slice of San Sebastián cheesecake🍮 Spanish Flan🍗 Spanish arroz con pollo🍰 Tarta de Santiago🍮 Tocino de Cielo🥔 Tortilla Española (Spanish Omelette)🥔 Tortilla pintxo🦑 Txipirones en su tinta (baby squid in ink)
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. How we count →