10 of the Most Popular Dinner Recipes from Around the World (2024)

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10 of our most popular dinner recipes from around the world. Travel overseas without leaving your kitchen and enjoy the tastes from exotic locations.

One reason I love to cook popular dishes from around the world is that there is so much you can learn about a foreign culture, without leaving home. For example, shopping for a couple of different ingredients from say, a delicatessen, can lead to all sorts of discoveries in the world of food. Here is a link to an excellent Ted article on the subject of multi-cultural foods.

Looking for some more popular dinner recipes? Select from these choices of popular seafood dishes. Or maybe you are looking for vegetarian dishes or even gluten free recipes?

The country the recipe is from is provided as reference. You can find a full 3-4 course dinner menu for each country on Compass & Fork if you would like to expand dinner to a night of entertaining family and friends. Each country we have featured has many of their traditional recipes on Compass & Fork.

You can find other dinner recipes find them using either the Recipe Search – by cuisine, or the drop down menu at the top of the page under Recipes | By Cuisine. Featured destinations on Compass & Fork over the last 12 months have included: Italy, Turkey, Patagonia, Vietnam, Melbourne (Australia), Thailand, Peru, Greece and Cyprus. Or search by course, and use- dinner.

Most of these recipes are quite easy to prepare. If you can’t find the ingredients locally, please check the shop, there are links to where to purchase the items online. (Most of the recipes contain a link to the item in the shop as well, so you can find them easily.)

So without further ado:

Beef: Popular Dinner Recipes from Around the World

Grilled Steak | Argentina

Beef Stifado | Cyprus

Lomo Saltado | Peru

Lamb: Popular Dinner Recipes from Around the World

Patagonian Style Lamb with Chimichurri Sauce | Patagonia

Sultan’s Delight | Turkey

Greek Style Leg of Lamb Roast | Greece

Pork: Popular Dinner Recipes from Around the World

Roast Pork with Crackling | Melbourne (Australia)

Marinated Five Spice Grilled Pork | Vietnam

Drunken Pork | Greece

Chicken: Popular Dinner Recipes from Around the World

Coq au Vin | France

Did you enjoy this roundup of popular recipes from around the world? If so, you might also enjoy our most popular seafood recipes from around the world. As well, here are our most popular vegetarian recipes and our most popular gluten free recipes from around the world. We will share what has been the most popular recipes here on Compass & Fork. The results might surprise you!

For you adventurous eaters, I am sure there is something to tantalize on this list. Did you have a favorite from the site that didn’t make the list of the 10 most popular dinner recipes from around the world? Please let us know what your favorite is in the comments below.

UPDATE: Didn’t find something for dinner tonight, you can find even more dinner ideas in 9 More of the Most Popular Dinner Recipes from Around the World a list with the most popular dinner recipes from Compass & Fork since this list published! It features other countries and recipes from around the world. Enjoy dinner! Please leave a comment for us if you have a favorite dinner recipe you don’t see on the list!