Sopa paraguaya is the national dish from Paraguay and is not a soup, but a cornbread with cheese and onions. It is naturally gluten-free and has some similarities with American cornbread. It is normally served alongside hearty dishes, such as meat (asado) or stews and soups. I highly recommend making it alongside the Paraguayan soup vori vori. It can also be eaten as breakfast. There are many mysteries entwined around the fact that it is called “soup” (sopa in Spanish), but not really being a soup. Below I will give the most common explanation for this rather unusual name.
