Dishes made with squash
10 dishes from around the world that list squash as a main ingredient.
Hāngī
🇳🇿 New ZealandFood slow-cooked in an earth oven with hot stones, a Māori tradition
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Thanksgiving dinnerMeat
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreA holiday meal centered on roast turkey with a variety of side dishes and desserts
Main dish, Dinner
Pupusa
🇸🇻 El Salvador and 1 moreStuffed griddled cakes filled with cheese, beans, or meat, eaten hot by hand
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Soup JoumouMeat
🇭🇹 HaitiHaitian squash and beef soup served hot for New Year's Day
Soup, Breakfast, Lunch
Stuffed squash
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreSquash or zucchini filled with rice and sometimes meat, simmered or baked
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Sancocho
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic and 5 moreA hearty stew of meat, tubers and vegetables in a rich broth
Soup, Lunch, Dinner
Locro
🇦🇷 Argentina and 5 moreA thick Andean stew of squash, corn, potato and meat, eaten across South America
Stew or curry, Lunch, Dinner
PicaronesVegetarian
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePeruvian doughnuts made from squash and sweet potato, served with chancaca syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Pinakbet
🇵🇭 PhilippinesVegetables simmered with fermented fish sauce, a staple from the Ilocos region
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Porotos granadosVegetarian
🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer stew of cranberry beans, corn and squash
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Picarones: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pupusa: Ll1324, CC0, source
- Hāngī: einalem, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Porotos granados: User:Pachanka, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thanksgiving dinner: Ms Jones, CC BY 2.0, source
- Stuffed squash: Bazel, Public domain, source
- Pinakbet: Thepacificconoisseur, CC BY 2.5, source
- Sancocho: Jdvillalobos, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Locro: Horacio Cambeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source