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Dishes made with paprika

24 dishes from around the world that list paprika as a main ingredient.

ChorizoMeat 🇪🇸 Spain and 5 moreA seasoned pork sausage from the Iberian Peninsula, made in many regional styles Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch

SaloMeat 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 4 moreSalt-cured slabs of pork fat, eaten across Central and Eastern Europe Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch

PastirmaMeat 🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreAir-dried cured meat coated in a spiced fenugreek paste Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch

SobrassadaMeatsobrasada 🇪🇸 Spain and 2 moreSoft, cured sausage from the Balearic Islands made with pork and paprika Sausage or cured food

AlheiraMeat 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese sausage made with meat and bread, often fried and served with egg and fries Sausage or cured food, Lunch, Dinner

ChistorraMeat 🇪🇸 SpainThin, bright-red sausage from Navarre, often fried and served as a tapa Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch

LinguiçaMeat 🇵🇹 Portugal and 4 morePortuguese pork sausage seasoned with garlic, paprika and smoked or cooked fresh Sausage or cured food, Breakfast, Lunch

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Alheira: Lichinga, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chorizo: Asturnut ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Pastirma: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Salo: Roland Geider ( Ogre ), Public domain, source
Sobrassada: Slastic, Public domain, source
Chistorra: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0, source
Linguiça: No machine-readable author provided. Ardo Beltz assumed (based on copy, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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