Dishes made with fish
99 dishes from around the world that list fish as a main ingredient.
FideuàFish or seafood
🇪🇸 SpainSeafood and noodle dish from the Valencian coast, cooked in a wide shallow pan
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ndolé
🇨🇲 CameroonCameroonian stew of peanuts, leafy greens, and seafood or meat
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
PempekFish or seafood
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreFish and tapioca cakes from Palembang, served with a sweet-sour spicy sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Nasi Kerabuناسي کرابو
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 3 moreBlue-tinted rice with herbs, salad, and assorted sides from Malaysia and southern Thailand
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Sinseollo신선로
🇰🇷 South KoreaA Korean royal hot pot with meat, fish, vegetables and nuts in a heated vessel
Soup, Dinner, Lunch
Balchão
🇮🇳 IndiaGoan prawns, fish or pork in a spicy, vinegary sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Tsukuneつくね
🇯🇵 JapanJapanese meatballs, often grilled on skewers or simmered in soups
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
balık ekmekFish or seafood
🇹🇷 TurkeyA Turkish street sandwich of fried or grilled fish in bread with vegetables
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
Nasi dagangناسي داڬڠ
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 2 moreRice cooked with coconut milk, served with fish curry and pickles
Main dish, Breakfast
Nasi padang
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreSteamed rice with a spread of spicy Minangkabau dishes from West Sumatra
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Banmian板麵
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreHandmade Chinese noodles in soup, often with anchovies, meat and leafy greens
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
TourtièreMeat
🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreFrench Canadian meat pie with spiced filling, often served at Christmas and New Year
Main dish, Dinner
Canh chua
🇻🇳 VietnamVietnamese soup with fish, tamarind, pineapple and fresh herbs
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Peppersoup
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreA spicy, watery soup made with meat or fish and West African spices
Soup, Dinner, Lunch
BatagorFish or seafood
🇮🇩 IndonesiaCrispy fried fish dumplings and tofu with peanut sauce from West Java
Street food, Snacks
Makunouchi幕の内
🇯🇵 JapanA Japanese bento box with rice, fish, meat, pickles and more
Main dish, Lunch
Kaeng somแกงส้ม
🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreA sour and spicy fish curry with vegetables from Thailand and Southeast Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ChraimeFish or seafoodحرايمي
🇱🇾 Libya and 1 moreNorth African fish stew simmered with tomatoes and spices
Main dish, Dinner
FishcakeFish or seafood
🇯🇵 Japan and 5 moreMinced fish mixed with starch, shaped and cooked as patties or balls
Main dish, Snacks, Lunch
EgusiẸ̀gúṣí
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreGround melon seeds used to thicken and flavor West African soups and stews
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BrudetFish or seafood
🇭🇷 Croatia and 2 moreAdriatic fish stew cooked with wine, vegetables and spices
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Achu soup
🇨🇲 CameroonCameroonian yellow soup made with cocoyam, palm oil, and spices
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
EncebolladoFish or seafood
🇪🇨 EcuadorEcuadorian fish stew with onions, cassava and pickled red onion rings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Calulu
🇦🇴 Angola and 1 moreA layered stew of fish or meat with vegetables and palm oil from Angola and São Tomé
Stew or curry
Casado
🇨🇷 Costa RicaCosta Rican plate with rice, beans, salad, plantain, tortilla and a protein
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ogbono soup
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreA thick, slippery Nigerian soup made with ground ogbono (dika nut) seeds
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
SteckerlfischFish or seafood
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreWhole fish marinated, skewered, and grilled over embers
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Fish amokFish or seafoodអាម៉ុកត្រី
🇰🇭 CambodiaSteamed Cambodian fish curry with coconut and kroeung, set in banana leaf
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Machher jholFish or seafoodমাছের ঝোল
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSpicy fish curry with potatoes, served as a stew with rice in eastern South Asia
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Efo riroẹ̀fọ́ riro
🇳🇬 NigeriaYoruba vegetable soup cooked with leafy greens, peppers, and assorted proteins
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Rasstegaiрасстегай
🇷🇺 RussiaRussian baked pie with a hole on top for adding broth
Pie or savoury pastry
HinavaFish or seafood
🇲🇾 MalaysiaSabah salad of raw fish dressed with citrus, chilli, onion and ginger
Salad or side
TiraditoFish or seafood
🇵🇪 PeruPeruvian raw fish slices in a spicy citrus sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Khao chaeข้าวแช่
🇹🇭 ThailandFragrant rice in cool scented water, served with savoury and sweet sides
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
AguachileFish or seafood
🇲🇽 MexicoRaw shrimp and fish marinated in chili, lime and vegetables from Sinaloa
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Pastel
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreA name for many pastries, pies, and filled snacks across Latin America and beyond
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Lunch
'Ota 'ikaFish or seafood
🇹🇴 Tonga and 3 moreFish in citrus and coconut milk, served with chopped vegetables across Oceania
Salad or side, Lunch, Dinner
Domoda
🇸🇳 Senegal and 4 moreA tangy Senegalese stew thickened with flour and served with rice
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
Kaeng tai plaFish or seafoodแกงไตปลา
🇹🇭 ThailandSouthern Thai curry made with fermented fish entrails sauce and vegetables
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Miyan taushe
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 morePumpkin and groundnut soup from northern Nigeria, served with starchy sides
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Bougna
🇻🇺 VanuatuRoot vegetables and meat or seafood wrapped in banana leaves and baked in an earth oven
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Fish fryFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreA meal or gathering centered on battered and fried fish, often with classic sides
Main dish, Dinner
Al ajillo
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 moreSeafood, meat or mushrooms cooked with garlic and chili in Spanish and Latin cuisines
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Fritto misto
🇮🇹 ItalySmall pieces of meat, fish, and vegetables deep-fried in oil, Italian style
Main dish
Bún mắm
🇻🇳 Vietnam and 1 moreSouthern Vietnamese noodle soup with fermented fish broth and seafood
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
CaldouFish or seafood
🇸🇳 SenegalSenegalese fish and vegetable stew with a tangy broth, served with rice
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Luwombo
🇺🇬 UgandaUgandan stew steamed in smoked banana leaves
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Ofe onugbuMeat
🇳🇬 NigeriaIgbo soup made with bitterleaf, cocoyam, palm oil and assorted meats
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Steckerlfisch: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ndolé: PRA, CC BY 3.0, source
- Tiradito: Manuel González Olaechea, CC BY 3.0, source
- Achu soup: Minette Lontsie, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hinava: Alexander Synaptic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tourtière: Dominic Genest, Public domain, source
- Encebollado: Ministerio de Turismo Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Peppersoup: bob walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Casado: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ogbono soup: Xtacywura, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Efo riro: James Moore200, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Domoda: T.K. Naliaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Miyan taushe: Aykunya13, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Caldou: Marshiayers, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Luwombo: Namuganyi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ofe onugbu: Edriiic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Al ajillo: Paul Keller, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fideuà: Jorge Díaz, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pempek: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nasi Kerabu: amrufm, CC BY 2.0, source
- balık ekmek: User: (WT-shared) Shoestring at wts wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Banmian: Goh Wei Zhong ( Goh wz ); produced with the assistance of Terence Ong, CC BY 2.5, source
- Balchão: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brudet: Chiqui Teo, Public domain, source
- Tsukune: Syced, CC0, source
- Nasi padang: ProjectManhattan, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canh chua: Jason Hutchens, CC BY 2.0, source
- Makunouchi: Yuichi Kosio, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kaeng som: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Batagor: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fish amok: sharonang, CC0, source
- Sinseollo: by World to Table at Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nasi dagang: :: cool ::, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fishcake: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Chraime: Bar.levy141, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Egusi: Zz411 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaeng tai pla: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calulu: elingunnur, CC BY 3.0, source
- Machher jhol: Sanshlistha m, CC BY 3.0, source
- Bún mắm: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Khao chae: Williamvonga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pastel: BuenosAiresPhotographer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- 'Ota 'ika: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bougna: Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fish fry: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Fritto misto: Paolo*torino, CC BY-SA 3.0, source