Grilled Meats

🇬🇷Greece

Kontosouvli

Κοντοσούβλι

Large spit-roasted pork shoulder; top-rated on TasteAtlas Greece.

🇰🇪Kenya

Kuku Choma

Chicken grilled over charcoal and served with kachumbari, lime and a simple starch.

🇯🇵Osaka, Japan

Kushikatsu

串カツ

Skewered meat, vegetables, and seafood, breaded and deep-fried, an Osaka specialty.

🇯🇵Japan

Kushiyaki

串焼き

General term for skewered and grilled meat, vegetables, and offal, broader than just chicken.

🇹🇷Turkey

Kuzu Sis

Cubed lamb shish, the foundational Turkish kebab.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Lamb Flaps

Lamb trimmings marinated with ginger, garlic, and chicken bouillon powder, grilled on roadside stands — PNG's most popular street food, served with cress salad and grilled plantains.

🇦🇷Argentina

Langostinos Patagónicos

Patagonian prawns from the cold southern Atlantic, grilled, sautéed, or boiled. A regional delicacy, prized for their sweet, firm flesh, served with garlic butter.

🇱🇦Laos

Lao Grilled Chicken

ປີ້ງໄກ່

Butterflied chicken marinated in garlic, coriander root, black pepper and fish sauce, pressed in a split bamboo clamp and grilled slowly over coals.

🇨🇺Cuba

Lechón Asado

A Cuban roasted suckling pig marinated in mojo sauce, a festive and national classic

🇷🇸Leskovac, Serbia

Leskovac Grill

Лесковачки роштиљ

A mixed grill platter of ćevapi, pljeskavica, vešalica, liver and kidney cooked over charcoal and served with chopped onion, kajmak and lepinja.

🇷🇸Leskovac, Serbia

Leskovac Train

Лесковачки воз

A long skewer of pork neck, liver, bacon and sausage grilled over charcoal and brought to the table still on the rod, named for its train-like appearance.

🇷🇸Leskovac, Serbia

Leskovačka pljeskavica

Лесковачка пљескавица

Leskovačka pljeskavica is a thin, broad grilled patty from the Leskovac grill school, sometimes stuffed with cheese or bacon.

🇨🇩DR Congo

Liboke

Liboké

An emblematic Congolese cooking method — fish, chicken, or meat marinated with spices and vegetables, then wrapped in banana leaves and steamed or grilled; the word means 'package' in Lingala; the parcel keeps everything moist and lets seasonings sink in; the most popular version is fish liboke with catfish, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and chili; a defining technique of Congolese cuisine.

🇦🇷Arica y Parinacota, Argentina

Llama Asado

Grilled llama meat, a lean, low-fat Andean specialty from Jujuy, Salta, and Catamarca. Seasoned with salt and slow-cooked over coals, it is tender and mildly gamey.

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Lula Kebab

Lülə kabab

Minced lamb and tail fat worked until it clings to a flat skewer, grilled over charcoal and slid off into lavash with sumac onion.

🇲🇴Macao

Macanese Roasted Bacalhau

Bacalhau Assado

Roasted bacalhau steak; a well-made grilled bacalhau has a unique softness and boasts a light taste to its cod meat; served with boiled potatoes and blanched vegetables; a Portuguese-influenced Macanese dish; the roasted bacalhau that is a Macau classic.

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

Madbi

مضبي

Madbi is a southern Saudi and Yemeni-style preparation in which meat is grilled over hot stones or coals before being served with spiced rice; the direct heat gives it a charred edge distinct from pit-cooked Mandi.

🇮🇩East Java, Indonesia

Madura Satay

Sate Madura

Chicken or goat satay from Madura with sweet peanut sauce and kecap manis, famous nationwide.

🇰🇲Comoros

Mahorais Brochettes

Mamas Brochettis

Charcoal-grilled skewers of marinated zebu beef, chicken, goat or local fish (swordfish, tuna, shark), sold by women at roadside stalls called brochettis. Served with bata-bata, poutou and achards.

🇵🇰Pakistan

Malai Boti

ملائی بوٹی

Chicken cubes marinated in cream, cheese, white pepper and green chilli, skewered and grilled so they stay pale and soft.

🇲🇱Mali

Malian Grilled Meat

Dibi

Grilled meat brochettes popular across Mali; the Senegalese dibi is also widely eaten in Mali; typically lamb or beef, marinated and grilled over charcoal; served with mustard sauce, onions, and bread; a popular street food and restaurant dish; the Malian version of the West African grilled meat tradition; found at every street corner.

🇨🇴Meta, Colombia

Mamona

Ternera a la llanera

The signature dish of the Colombian Llanos: a young, unweaned calf skewered on poles and slow-roasted vertically around a bonfire. Smoky, salty, and tender.

🇹🇷Aegean Region, Turkey

Manisa kebap

Manisa kebap, thin kofte strips served over buttered pide with tomato, is a named city dish with dedicated restaurants.

🇮🇩West Java, Indonesia

Maranggi Satay

Sate Maranggi

West Java beef satay marinated in sweet soy sauce and spices, grilled over charcoal.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Marinated Chicken Skewers

شيش طاووق

Chicken cubes marinated in yoghurt, lemon, garlic and spices and grilled, served with garlic paste and pickles.

🇲🇬Madagascar

Masikita

Madagascar's marinated meat skewers grilled over charcoal and sold at gatherings and roadside stalls.

🇦🇷Argentina

Matambre

Matambre a la pizza

A thin flank cut from between the ribs and the hindquarter, grilled over coals or baked topped like a pizza with tomato sauce, cheese and ham. The name means 'kill hunger', as it is often served first at asados.

🇽🇰Kosovo

Meat Under the Sač

Mish nën saç

Lamb or veal with potatoes cooked under an iron bell buried in embers, so the meat steams in its own fat for hours.

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Mechoui

مشوي

Whole lamb slow-roasted over coals until the skin is crisp and the meat pulls away from the bone.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Meshana Skara

Мешана скара

Meshana skara is the Bulgarian mixed grill platter of kebapche, kyufte, pork neck and often liver.

🇮🇩Banten, Indonesia

Milkfish Satay

Sate Bandeng

Banten specialty satay made from milkfish with bones removed, meat flattened and grilled.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Mishkak

مشكاك

Grilled meat skewers marinated in aromatic spices including garlic, ginger, turmeric, cumin, and tamarind, well-marinated flavorful meat with good char from grill, a popular street food.

🇰🇪Kenya

Mishkaki

A coastal Swahili grilled marinated meat skewer, a street and daily classic

🇹🇿Tanzania

Mishkaki ya Tanzania

Tanzanian marinated meat skewers grilled over charcoal and sold from evening stalls.

🇰🇷South Korea

Moksal Jumulleok

목살주물럭

Pork neck (moksal) marinated with sesame oil, garlic, salt, and pepper, then grilled as jumulleok.

🇦🇷Argentina

Mollejas

Beef sweetbreads soaked, parboiled, and grilled slowly until crisp and golden outside with a creamy, tender interior. A prized achura at any asado.