This roundup features some of our best Ukrainian dishes. From tasty entrees to decadent desserts, consider it a journey of taste through Ukrainian cuisine.
Today, we’re going to travel to Ukraine with our tastebuds. The second largest country in Europe behind Russia, Ukraine has a cuisine as diverse as its people. If you’ve never tried the food before, consider this recipe roundup a guide to some of the most popular and beloved dishes.
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Like many other Eastern European countries, Ukraine has a cuisine that blends into the ones of its neighboring countries. That is, you will often find similar dishes served in Poland, Belarus, Romania, Russia, Moldova, and beyond. As most Slavics can attest, many Eastern European countries have their slight tweaks to the same foundational dishes, showing how deeply interconnected these countries are through the food and history on our plates.
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Before we dive into the recipes, let’s cover off on some of the key ingredients that shape many Ukrainian dishes. Alongside Russia, Ukraine is commonly dubbed “the breadbasket of Europe”, churning out a huge chunk of the world’s supply of wheat, corn, and sunflower oil. That means Ukrainians LOVE bread and grains (especially buckwheat). Some other common ingredients in the cuisine include:
The most popular dish in Ukraine is borscht – a beetroot soup with cabbage that’s typically made vegetarian or with bone-in meat. It’s hearty, savory, and the epitome of Ukrainian comfort food.
Typically, most Ukrainians eat a light breakfast of grains or cereal. Most commonly, you’ll find a porridge of buckwheat, aka kasha, or rice served in the early morning hours with milk, sugar, or honey.
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In Ukraine, a very popular drink is kvass, which is a fermented drink of juice and yeast. It’s super sweet and similar to American-style soda. Another popular drink is kompot, a juice drink made with sugar and fruit.
These light and fluffy yeast buns are perfect for a light breakfast with a hot cup of coffee. Stuffed with a sweet filling of poppy seeds and sweetened condensed milk, your eyes will widen as you pull one apart.
This chicken roulade is a meat lover’s dream. Made with three different kinds of protein – chicken, pork and beef – it features pounded meat stuffed with hardboiled eggs. Best served cold alongside hard cheeses, rye bread, and salo (Ukrainian-style pork belly).
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This baked rice pudding comes straight out of my grandmother’s kitchen. The combination of tender rice, milk, vanilla, butter and raisins is only made better by the crust of caramelized sweetened condensed milk.
Much like American-style chicken and dumplings, this Ukrainian soup is comfort in a bowl. It features boneless skinless chicken thighs, tender potatoes, Ukrainian-style flour dumplings, and carrots swimming in a light broth spiked with fresh dill and green onions.
This creamy vegetarian borscht features a ruby red beet broth jam-packed with veggies. What makes it creamy? A healthy amount of sour cream that simply transforms the broth into something so special.
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Halushki are to Ukrainians what gnocchi are to Italians. In this dish, these dumplings are dressed with with butter, salt, black pepper, sautéed mushrooms, and crispy bacon bits.
This savory split pea and lentil soup is a Ukrainian spin on a foundational soup enjoyed throughout the world. Filling as a meal on it’s own, you’ll love the depth of flavor added by the tender, fatty pieces of pork.
Pork, white beans, and veggies make up this soup that transports me right back to my childhood. Pair a bowl with a buttery, crusty piece of baguette and curl up on the couch.
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Similar to American-style potato salad, olivier salad features chopped potatoes, hardboiled eggs, and pickles tossed in a creamy dressing and served cold. What makes it Ukrainian? The addition of peas, carrots, and salty bologna or ham.
Sausage-making is an all-day event in Ukrainian homes. This recipe for kielbasa features spiced ground meat stuffed into casings and made into beautiful spirals. Double or triple the recipe and freeze some for a rainy day.
This chopped cabbage and cucumber salad is the definition of refreshing. Tossed with fresh herbs, it’s a great side dish for shashlik or other savory proteins.
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Zapekanka is similar to American-style cheesecake. However, it is less sweet and made with a combination of farmer’s cheese and sour cream. Eaten for breakfast or dessert and often topped with fresh berries, it’s a feast for the eyes.
Nothing says a Ukrainian party like a cake spiked with liquor. This drunken cherry cake is a real showstopper and is made with vodka soaked cherries and decadent chocolate cake. YUM!
Pierogi are perhaps the most well known Ukrainian dish on the planet. These tender, boiled dumplings are stuffed with mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese, finished with a pan fry, and tossed with butter, bacon bits, and caramelized onions.
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If you’re looking for a comforting one-pot meal, this braised potatoes with beef recipe is just what the doctor ordered. With all the same comforting components of American pot roast, it will warm your soul.
One of my favorite memories growing up was eating sweet pierogi, aka vareniki in Ukraine, stuffed with fresh blueberries and sugar and topped with sour cream. Perfect for breakfast or dessert and one of my family’s most beloved Ukrainian dishes!
These poppy seed rolls feature beautiful pastry spirals stuffed with a sweet filling of poppy seeds and sweetened condensed milk. Serve them as a light breakfast with coffee or have them as a mid-afternoon snack pick-me-up.
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Aspic is a savory meat jelly made with rich, marrowy broth, chicken, and veggies. Often served at parties and special get-togethers, it’s surprisingly delicious and so worth a try (really, don’t knock it until you try it!).
This one pan braised cabbage with rice features juicy chicken breasts or thighs, tomatoes, and spices braised to tender perfection. Perfect for weeknight dinners and meal prep and one of those classic, no-frills Ukrainian recipes.
Cabbage rolls, aka holubtsi, are an essential Ukrainian party food. They feature boiled cabbage leaves stuffed with a savory ground meat mixture and topped with a rice tomato sauce. Baked to perfection and topped with sour cream, they are pure comfort in a forkful.
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This cabbage soup is a low-calorie, warm bowl of goodness. Featuring bone-in meat, veggies, and potatoes, it’s one of those Ukrainian recipes that never gets old and is best made in a Dutch oven.
This classic recipe for pampushky features soft yeast buns covered in loads of garlic and herbs. A true childhood comfort and must-try!
Natalya founded to demonstrate that placing a homemade meal on the table is not hard at all. Natalya makes cooking easier and approachable, by simplifying the ingredients, while still producing the same great taste.With Ukraine being in the news recently, I wanted to share a special collection of my favorite Ukrainian dinner recipes. My family immigrated to the United States from Ukraine in 1990 but we never forgot our home country! My mom and grandmother made sure that we knew about the Ukrainian cuisine and I grew up enjoying many of the dishes you’ll find in this collection. This is just a small sampling of the incredible cuisine of Ukraine. For more recipes, make sure to check out my cookbook, Beyond Borscht, which is a collection of 75 Eastern European and Ukrainian recipes.
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The most iconic and famous dish in this collection of Ukrainian dinner recipes! Classic beef borscht is made with tender chunks of beef, loads of beets, onions, carrot, cabbage and fresh dill. This hearty and warming soup is the ultimate comfort food. Enjoy it with sour cream or mayonnaise, paired with toasted bread.
Tender, fall-apart pork slow braised with a hearty mushroom gravy and served over creamy mashed potatoes. Pork is the most popular meat choice in Ukraine and can be found in many recipes. This incredible braised pork is extra hearty and delicious for any day of the week. Plus, you can prepare the pork using a slow cooker, too.
One of my favorite childhood dishes – my mom’s easy chicken plov! This delicious chicken rice dish is quick and easy to make and so flavorful! Plov is a traditional Uzbek dish, usually made with beef or lamb, but this Ukrainian chicken version is also incredible!
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The most delicious and easy turkey cabbage rolls recipe! These Ukrainian cabbage rolls are filled with a juicy meat, rice and carrot mixture, then baked in a carrot, onion and tomato sauce. The rolls come out extra juicy, aromatic and very flavorful. Known as ‘holuptsi’ in Ukraine, these are a childhood favorite of mine!
The most delicious potato salad recipe, enjoyed by all of Eastern Europe and Russia. Even though the original recipe can be traced back to Russian, Ukrainians love this salad like their own! It’s a must for any holiday or celebration and integral part of the cuisine.
My grandmother would make these for us at least once a week! We loved coming over to her house across the street from us to get ourselves some cabbage piroshki! My grandmother had gone through so much in her life (including concentration camp) but she never let her hard life bring down her bright and loving energy! These piroshki are so
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