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What to eat in Ukraine

The 10 best dishes in Ukraine

Black-earth farm cooking: beets, dumplings, pork and sour cream.

1

Borscht

Eaten all over Ukraine

Beet soup with cabbage, beans and beef, served with sour cream and garlic buns. UNESCO lists it as Ukrainian heritage.

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2

Varenyky

Eaten all over Ukraine

Half-moon dumplings filled with potato, sour cherries or farmer's cheese, with sour cream and fried onion.

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3

Holubtsi

Eaten all over Ukraine

Cabbage leaves rolled around rice and pork, baked in a tomato and sour cream sauce.

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Salo

Eaten all over Ukraine

Cured pork fat sliced thin on rye bread with raw garlic and a shot of horilka.

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5

Deruny

Eaten all over Ukraine

Grated potato pancakes fried crisp, with sour cream or mushroom sauce.

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6

Chicken Kyiv

Best: Kyiv

A breaded chicken breast rolled around herb butter that spills when you cut it.

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7

Banosh

Best: The Carpathians

Cornmeal cooked in sour cream over a fire, topped with bryndza and crisp pork.

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8

Syrnyky

Eaten all over Ukraine

Little farmer's cheese pancakes for breakfast, with jam and sour cream.

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9

Kyiv cake

Best: Kyiv

Layers of hazelnut meringue and buttercream, the souvenir cake in a round box.

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10

Pampushky

Eaten all over Ukraine

Soft yeast buns brushed with garlic oil, made to eat with borscht.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.