Fish

🇮🇹Liguria, Italy

Acciughe ripiene

In Liguria, Acciughe ripiene is fresh anchovies stuffed with breadcrumbs, herbs, garlic, and cheese.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Ackee and Saltfish

Boiled ackee — the soft yellow arils of the national fruit — sautéed with flaked salt cod, onion, tomato, scotch bonnet and thyme until it resembles scrambled egg.

🇬🇫Littoral (Cayenne / Kourou / Coastal Créole), French Guiana

Acoupa Rouge

An endemic white fish living 5-20m depth in sea and estuaries; the main species of the coastal artisanal fishery of French Guiana; prized for its firm, white flesh; used in pimentade, blaff, and boucané.

🇮🇹Naples, Italy

Acqua pazza

In Naples, Acqua pazza is fish poached with tomatoes, garlic, parsley, oil, and white wine.

🇪🇸Navarre, Spain

Ajoarriero

In Navarre, Ajoarriero is salt cod flaked with potato, garlic, tomato, and peppers.

🇮🇳Goa, India

Ambot tik (Goan fish curry)

आंबोट टिक

Goan fish is cooked with kokum or vinegar, chilli, and aromatics into a sharp, thin curry.

🇺🇸United States

American Samoa Lomi Salmon

Lomi-Lomi Salmon

A Hawaiian-style side of salted salmon rubbed with tomatoes and onions, then chilled; served with taro or breadfruit at American Samoan gatherings and luaus.

🇦🇸American Samoa

American Samoa Oka

Oka i'a

Raw fish (tuna, snapper, or mahi-mahi) cubed and marinated in lime or lemon juice, then mixed with coconut cream, onion, cucumber, tomato, and chili; served cold with taro or breadfruit; the Samoan-style ceviche enjoyed throughout American Samoa.

🇮🇳Amritsar, India

Amritsari machhli (Amritsari fish)

ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰੀ ਮੱਛੀ

Fish is coated in spiced gram-flour batter and fried until crisp in the Amritsar style.

🇦🇩Andorra

Andorran-Style Cod

Bacallà a l'andorrana

Andorran-style salt cod; in times past, only salted sea fish like cod was consumed in landlocked Andorra; prepared with local vegetables, tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil; a TasteAtlas-listed dish; reflects the mountain tradition of preserving fish with salt; a staple of Lenten cooking; the cod that traveled from the sea to the Pyrenees; found at traditional restaurants.

🇦🇩Andorra

Andorran-Style River Trout

Truta de rio à andorrana

Andorran-style river trout; fresh trout from the mountain streams of the Pyrenees; prepared with the delicacy and subtle flavor that define this fish; easy to cook and deeply tied to the mountain landscape; a TasteAtlas-listed dish; the fish of Andorra's crystal-clear rivers; found at bordes and traditional restaurants; the taste of the Pyrenean streams.

🇮🇹Lazio, Italy

Anguilla alla Bisentina

In Lazio, Anguilla alla Bisentina is eel braised with tomato, garlic, herbs, and aromatic vegetables.

🇮🇹Italy

Anguilla alla giovese

In Italy, Anguilla alla giovese is eel braised with tomato, garlic, herbs, and aromatic vegetables.

🇮🇹Italy

Anguilla alla muranese (Glassmakers' Eels)

In Venice, Anguilla alla muranese is eel cooked with tomato, garlic, and herbs in the lagoon tradition.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Antiguan Saltfish

Saltfish

Salted cod soaked to remove excess salt, flaked, then sauteed with onion, sweet pepper, tomato, garlic, thyme, and hot pepper; the classic Antiguan breakfast; traditionally served with chop-up (mashed eggplant, spinach, and okra), fungee, or butter bread; savoury and full-flavoured; a Saturday morning ritual; the distinctive breakfast of Antigua.

🇬🇧Arbroath, United Kingdom

Arbroath Smokie

Haddock salted, tied in pairs by the tail and hot-smoked over hardwood in a barrel pit until copper-coloured and cooked through.

🇮🇸Iceland

Arctic Char

Bleikja

Icelandic lake char, wild or farmed, often grilled or smoked.

🇦🇼Aruba

Aruban Fried Fish

Pisca Hasa

Pisca hasa is fish fried until crisp and served with creole sauce; Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire each have named island forms, including Piska Korá and Bonaire Piska Hasá.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Asa Kitfo

ዓሣ ክትፎ

A fish version of the famous kitfo: finely chopped raw fish dressed with niter kibbeh, mitmita and cardamom. A favorite fasting-day delicacy that lets Orthodox Ethiopians enjoy 'kitfo' during Lent.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Asa Tibs

ዓሣ ጥብስ

Stir-fried fish cooked in niter kibbeh with onions, jalapeños and warm spices — the fasting-friendly cousin of classic tibs. Quick, savory and a Lent favorite.

🇺🇬Uganda

Atapa

A Ugandan smoked-fish and greens preparation cooked with local aromatics.

🇪🇸Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Atascaburras

A Castilla-La Mancha dish of mashed potatoes with garlic, flaked salt cod, olive oil, walnuts, and boiled egg, with a mousse-like texture.

🇬🇫Littoral (Cayenne / Kourou / Coastal Créole), French Guiana

Atipa

An armored catfish (Hoplosternum littorale) with bony scales, 'poisson en armure'; can move on land with small fin-like legs; found in coastal marshes, particularly abundant in Marais de Kaw; a prized local fish.

🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

Atún mechado

In Andalusia, Atún mechado is tuna loin stuffed with bacon or garlic and braised in sauce.

🇪🇨Oriente (Amazonian Ecuador), Ecuador

Ayampaco

Amazonian fish or chicken is seasoned, wrapped in bijao leaves and cooked over embers until the parcel steams in its own juices.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Baby Eels in a Clay Pot

Angulas a la cazuela

In the Basque Country, Angulas a la cazuela is young eels warmed in a clay dish with oil, garlic, and chilli.

🇵🇹Northern Portugal, Portugal

Bacalhau Com Broa

Baked salt cod topped with cornbread crumbs, a northern classic.

🇵🇹Portugal

Bacalhau com Natas

Creamy salt cod gratin baked with potatoes, onions, and béchamel until bubbling.

🇵🇹Portugal

Bacalhau Espiritual

Creamy cod, béchamel and potato gratin.

🇵🇹Portugal

Bacalhau Seco

Dried and salted cod, the backbone of Portuguese cooking.

🇵🇹Algarve, Portugal

Bacalhau à Algarvia

Bacalhau à Algarvia is a Portuguese fish preparation from Algarve, cooked with olive oil, garlic, and local herbs until the seafood stays tender.

🇵🇹Portugal

Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá

Baked salt cod layered with potatoes, onions, olives, parsley, and hard-boiled egg.

🇵🇹Porto, Portugal

Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo

Porto-style cod gratin with mashed potato and mayonnaise.

🇮🇹Italy

Baccalà alla Maremmana

In Italy, Baccalà alla Maremmana is salt cod cooked with tomato, onion, garlic, and herbs.

🇮🇹Venice, Italy

Baccalà Mantecato

Venetian whipped salt cod beaten with olive oil into a silky cream, served on crostini or polenta. The slow emulsion gives it a mayonnaise-like texture.

🇧🇸Bahamas

Bahamian Stew Fish

Stew fish

Snapper or grouper browned and stewed in a dark flour roux with celery, onion, tomato and thyme.