Spanish Food Word Search
Free Spanish Food word search. We picked 12 themed words — the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: PAELLA, TORTILLA, CHORIZO, JAMON, GAZPACHO, EMBUTIDO, CROQUETA, ALBONDIGA, EMPANADA, PIMENTON, AZAFRAN, SERRANO.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Spanish Food word list, defined
- PAELLA /paˈjɛlə/ · noun
- A Spanish rice dish traditionally prepared in a wide, shallow pan with stock and ingredients such as seafood, meat, vegetables, and saffron. It is known for its thin layer of rice and, in traditional preparations, a caramelized crust called the socarrat.
- TORTILLA /tərˈtiːə/ · noun
- A thin, flat, round bread made primarily from corn or wheat flour, traditionally associated with Mexican and other Hispanic cuisines. In Spanish, tortilla can refer more broadly to a flat cake or pancake, depending on the region and type. Related: corn cake, flatbread, maize cake, wheat cake.
- CHORIZO /tʃəˈriːzəʊ/ · noun
- A spicy pork sausage of Spanish origin, typically seasoned with smoked paprika and garlic and cured or cooked. Related: sausage, banger, bratwurst, andouille.
- GAZPACHO /ɡəˈspɑːtʃoʊ/ (US); /ɡæˈspɑːtʃəʊ/ (British) · noun
- A cold Spanish soup, especially associated with Andalusia, traditionally made by blending vegetables such as tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, onion, and garlic with olive oil and vinegar. Related: cold vegetable soup.
- EMPANADA /ˌɛmpəˈnɑːdə/ · noun
- A pastry turnover of Spanish and Latin American origin, consisting of a folded dough shell filled with seasoned meat, cheese, vegetables, or seafood, then baked or fried. Related: turnover, pastry, pasty, hand pie.
- PIMENTON /piːˈmentoʊn/ · noun
- A Spanish-style paprika made from dried, usually smoke-dried red peppers, available in sweet and hot varieties. In English, the unaccented spelling “pimenton” commonly refers to sweet smoked paprika. Related: paprika, smoked paprika.
- SERRANO /səˈrɑːnoʊ/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, a serrano is a small, pungent variety of chili pepper; the term can also denote a dry-cured Spanish ham. As an adjective, it means relating to the Sierra Nevada Mountains or, in Spanish usage, to mountains or mountain dwellers. Related: chili pepper, chilli, hot pepper, capsicum.
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