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For the meat lovers out there here’s a thread of African meat dishes you might want to consider adding to your culinary bucket list
MEAT For the meat lovers out there here’s a thread of African meat dishes you might want to consider adding to your culinary bucket list
Biltong:
A cured meat from South Africa similar to a jerky. It’s thick to thin cuts of a range of meats - beef, rabbit & even ostrich - that are cured, air dried & sometimes marinated in vinegar before being coated in black pepper, coriander & salt
A cured meat from South Africa similar to a jerky. It’s thick to thin cuts of a range of meats - beef, rabbit & even ostrich - that are cured, air dried & sometimes marinated in vinegar before being coated in black pepper, coriander & salt
Kankankan:
A street food from Sierra Leone similar to Nigerian suya. It’s beef marinated in a blend of spices like garlic, ginger & chilli and similar to the Nigerian Yaji for suya it has a peanut base.
A street food from Sierra Leone similar to Nigerian suya. It’s beef marinated in a blend of spices like garlic, ginger & chilli and similar to the Nigerian Yaji for suya it has a peanut base.
Mutura:
A savoury blood sausage from Kenya made with the offal of either goat or cow, seasoned with onions, garlic, cilantro, chillies and most importantly blood. Typically eaten by the Kikuyu & Masaai’s ethnic groups or along with Nyama choma (grilled meats).
A savoury blood sausage from Kenya made with the offal of either goat or cow, seasoned with onions, garlic, cilantro, chillies and most importantly blood. Typically eaten by the Kikuyu & Masaai’s ethnic groups or along with Nyama choma (grilled meats).
Tere siga:
Literal translation Raw Meat, a waning delicacy in Ethiopia that is exactly what it says; raw meat. Typically eaten with Injera, awaze - a chilli paste, or mitmita a chilli powder mixed with a variety of other spices.
Literal translation Raw Meat, a waning delicacy in Ethiopia that is exactly what it says; raw meat. Typically eaten with Injera, awaze - a chilli paste, or mitmita a chilli powder mixed with a variety of other spices.
Kilishi
Thin cut, dried & grilled strips of beef from Nigeria. The beef is seasoned with Labu paste which is a mix of peanuts, ground onions, spices & sometimes honey. It looks like a jerky but it’s not because unlike jerky Kilishi is grilled, whereas jerky is cured/smoked.
Thin cut, dried & grilled strips of beef from Nigeria. The beef is seasoned with Labu paste which is a mix of peanuts, ground onions, spices & sometimes honey. It looks like a jerky but it’s not because unlike jerky Kilishi is grilled, whereas jerky is cured/smoked.
if you have any African meat dishes you think more people should know about add them to this thread! In the meantime you can listen to our episode all about meats here: https://anchor.fm/theuncookedwomenpodcast/episodes/Meat-the-Other-eht4kb
