Our 12 Favorite Spanish Recipes
By Winter LeBlanc
Updated March 17, 2025
Here are 12 of our favorite recipes from Spain! We’ve included some of the tastiest, most traditional dishes the country has to offer including Spanish Garlic Chicken, Spanish Potatoes with Spicy Sauce, Pan Con Tomate, and more! What I love about Spanish food is how simple the ingredients are. Just grab some staples like high quality extra virgin olive oil, ripe vegetables and fresh eggs and you have yourself a delicious meal. Check out these 12 Spanish recipes below and explore the amazing food Spain is known for!
Our Favorite Spanish Recipes
Spanish Garlic Chicken
Pollo al ajillo (which literally translates to garlic chicken) is one of the most traditional recipes in Spanish gastronomy. It’s also an integral part of Latin American cuisine, as it was brought to Latin America by Spanish colonists back in the day. In Spain, this chicken al ajillo recipe is usually paired with a salad or baked potatoes, which makes the dish a really healthy Mediterranean main meal. I bet that captured your attention!
Spanish Potatoes with Spicy Sauce
Papas arrugadas is a traditional boiled potato dish from the Canary Islands. The small new potatoes are boiled in salt water and often served with a spicy sauce like mojo picon or mojo rojo, a chili pepper garlic sauce. Traditionally, papas arrugadas are served as a side dish accompanying a meat main meal.
Coca de Trampó (Majorcan Vegetable Flatbread)
Coca de trampó is a Majorcan vegetable flatbread recipe, that includes a thin and crispy bread baked with a fresh salad on top. Trampó is a famous Mallorcan salad made with tomatoes, onion, peppers, oil, and salt.
Pan Con Tomate
The pan con tomate that we make here in our Spanish home in Guadalajara, and which is found in bars and restaurants all over Spain, is based on an old tradition in Cataluña. Originally known as ¨pa amb tomaquet¨, the Catalonian tradition was to take stale bread and rub it with raw garlic and wedges of tomato, then drizzle it with olive oil and sprinkle it lightly with salt. It is a delicious way to take advantage of day-old bread. It continues to be prepared this way all over Cataluna and many places in Spain.
Spanish Stuffed Endives with Smoked Salmon
A quick and delicious endive recipe with smoked salmon, blue cheese and avocado. These traditional stuffed endives from Spain are a perfect addition to a dinner party or holiday spread.
Cod with Tomato Sauce
In this recipe, one of the dozens of traditional Spanish recipes with cod, the fish is served with an accompanying sauce made with peppers and tomatoes. Since fresh cod is so readily available, most of us will probably use fresh instead of dried fish. One more note, if you make your own roasted peppers, add the juices from the peppers to the sauce.
Garlic Soup with Egg and Croutons
In ancient times, this Castilian soup was a typical lunch for humble people. It was an extremely cheap and very comforting recipe to spread warmth throughout the body in cold rural areas. It was eaten in the middle of the morning to maintain strength for the day, usually with one or two eggs cracked inside, which were cooked from the heat of the soup.
Roasted Veggie Flatbread
This is a rustic flatbread recipe that originates from the abundance of the harvest, when the sun shines on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, a region located in the east of Spain.
Tuna Salad with Egg and Potato
This country salad, also known as a summer salad, is a simple and perfect preparation for dinner, but it is also a common tapa (small plate) dish that is served with many other tapa dishes along with bread, olives, beer and wine.
Tortilla Española
Tortilla Española is one of the most classic Spanish dishes. It is typically served for breakfast but becomes leftovers for almost every meal!
Tuna Deviled Eggs
For many Spanish people, tuna deviled eggs are part of their childhood memories, such as lunches at grandparents’ homes, or joyful dinners on a summer day. Nowadays it is also common to find this dish in the tapas showcase of many Spanish bars.
Patatas Bravas
Patatas Bravas is an all-time favorite tapa among Spanish people. Usually it is enjoyed with a beer and good company.
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Can ;you make this so it is printable with the pictures with the recipes.
Hi Pam, In September you will be able to have a printable version with photos and recipes.
You can now print the recipe with pictures.