Dishes made with lard
24 dishes from around the world that list lard as a main ingredient.
Pilaf
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan and 5 moreRice cooked in stock with spices, meat or vegetables, with each grain kept separate
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
BigosMeat
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 morePolish stew of mixed meats, sauerkraut and cabbage, simmered with spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Dinner
Mooncake月饼 / 月餅
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreA round Chinese pastry with sweet or nutty filling, eaten at the Mid-Autumn Festival
Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks
Fried chickenMeat
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreChicken pieces coated in seasoned flour or batter and fried until crisp
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
ProsciuttoMeat
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreItalian dry-cured ham, sliced thin and served uncooked
Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
Angel wingsVegetarian
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 moreCrisp, deep-fried ribbons of dough dusted with powdered sugar
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
PljeskavicaMeatпљескавица
🇷🇸 Serbia and 5 moreGrilled Balkan patty of spiced minced meats, served hot with sides or in flatbread
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Xiaolongbao小笼包
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSmall steamed buns with a savoury filling and hot soup inside
Dumpling, Breakfast, Snacks
Chicken paprikashMeatpaprikás csirke
🇭🇺 Hungary and 2 moreChicken simmered in paprika sauce, often finished with sour cream
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Polvorón
🇪🇸 Spain and 4 moreCrumbly Spanish shortbread made with flour, sugar, milk, and nuts
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks
FrybreadVegetarian
🇺🇸 United StatesFlat, deep-fried bread made by Native Americans with flour, water, and fat
Bread, Snacks, Lunch
Hokkien meeMeat福建面
🇸🇬 Singapore and 2 moreEgg and rice noodles with pork, seafood and broth, popular in Singapore and Malaysia
Noodle or pasta dish, Lunch, Dinner
Refried beans
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreCooked and mashed beans fried with onion, garlic and fat
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Taralli
🇮🇹 ItalyRing-shaped Italian crackers from southern Italy, made sweet or savory
Bread, Snacks
ChamponMeatちゃんぽん
🇯🇵 JapanNagasaki noodle soup with pork, seafood and vegetables in a rich broth
Noodle or pasta dish, Lunch, Dinner
AlheiraMeat
🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese sausage made with meat and bread, often fried and served with egg and fries
Sausage or cured food, Lunch, Dinner
Pastel de chocloMeat
🇨🇱 Chile and 4 moreSavory pie of sweetcorn topping over a spiced meat filling
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Idrija dumplingsVegetarian
🇸🇮 SloveniaPotato-filled dumplings from Idrija, Slovenia, often served with meat or breadcrumbs
Dumpling
Pineapple bunVegetarian菠蘿包
🇭🇰 Hong Kong and 3 moreA sweet bun with a crunchy, golden cookie crust, popular in Hong Kong
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Tea time
PastieraVegetarianpastiera napoletana
🇮🇹 ItalyNeapolitan tart with ricotta, wheat, and orange flower water, made for Easter
Sweet or dessert
Kotlet schabowyMeat
🇵🇱 PolandPolish breaded pork cutlet, fried and served hot as a main dish
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
CarnitasMeat
🇲🇽 MexicoPork slow-cooked in lard until tender, then crisped and shredded
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Caldo galegoMeat
🇪🇸 SpainHearty Galician soup with greens, potatoes, beans and pork
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Parkin
🇬🇧 United KingdomOat and ginger cake from northern England, sweetened with treacle or syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Refried beans: Karyn Christner, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pljeskavica: Biso, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kotlet schabowy: Dmitry Dzema, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Alheira: Lichinga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pilaf: Mizu basyo at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pastel de choclo: Paloma Baytelman, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Frybread: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bigos: Alberto Racatumba, CC BY 2.0, source
- Carnitas: Tomascastelazo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Prosciutto: Benreis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Xiaolongbao: Eason Lai, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chicken paprikash: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Polvorón: Marianne Perdomo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mooncake: Lybil BER, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hokkien mee: Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fried chicken: Choo Yut Shing, CC BY 2.0, source
- Taralli: Haragayato, Public domain, source
- Angel wings: Marcin Floryan, CC BY 2.5, source
- Champon: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Idrija dumplings: Yerpo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pineapple bun: Party Lin, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pastiera: Mattia Luigi Nappi ( Mattia Luigi Nappi ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Caldo galego: Juan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Parkin: Spider.Dog, CC BY-SA 2.0, source