Stews

🇳🇴Northern Norway, Norway

Finnbiff

Finnbiff is a stew from Northern Norway, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇬🇲The Gambia

Fish Ball Stew

Chu Dewtirr

Seasoned fish balls simmered in a tomato and onion sauce with vegetables, a Gambian alternative to whole-fish stews and a companion to rice.

🇩🇲Dominica

Fish Braff

A filling and delectable fish broth known as braff locally; prepared as a one-pot meal with fresh fish, onions, garlic, lime, seasoning peppers, hot peppers, and various herbs and spices; the most enjoyable part is the gravy; a traditional Caribbean dish; the fish braff of Dominica; a spicy, restorative fish stew; a coastal favourite.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Fish Molee

ഫിഷ് മോളി

A mild Kerala fish stew made with coconut milk, tomatoes, and spices. It is less spicy than traditional meen curry.

🇷🇸Slavonia, Serbia

Fish Paprika Stew

Fiš paprikaš

Spicy freshwater fish stew from Slavonia, made with carp, catfish, onions, paprika, and white wine, at least two fish varieties.

🇦🇼Aruba

Fish Stew

Keri Keri

Keri keri; a traditional Aruban fish stew; originally made with shark meat, now any firm white fish; leftover or flaked stew fish combined with green pepper, tomato, celery, onion, basil, and achiote (annatto); served with rice; a delicacy of Aruban cuisine; a resourceful dish using leftover catch; prepared in 30-40 minutes.

🇫🇷France

Fish Stew in Wine

Matelote

Fish stew with freshwater fish cooked in wine, hearty and rustic.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Fish Tsebhi

Asa Tsebhi

Eritrean fish stew from the Red Sea coast; fresh fish simmered in berbere, tomatoes, onions, and garlic; a coastal specialty from Massawa; eaten with injera; reflects Eritrea's long coastline and fishing tradition.

🇸🇮Slovenian Littoral, Slovenia

Fižolova mineštra (Bean Stew)

Fižolova mineštra is a Vipava bean stew with beans, vegetables and herbs simmered until the broth turns thick.

🇸🇴Somalia

Fool Somali

Fool

Fava beans cooked with Somali spices, oil and fresh aromatics for breakfast.

🇵🇱Lublin Region, Poland

Forszmak Lubelski

Forszmak Lubelski is a stew from Lublin, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇧🇷Minas Gerais, Brazil

Frango com Quiabo

Minas Gerais chicken and okra stew, with pieces of chicken braised until tender with onions, tomatoes and whole okra pods in a rich, slightly viscous sauce.

🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

Freginat

Freginat is a Catalan Lleida dish of pork liver and onion cooked together into a savoury stew.

🇨🇺Cuba

Fricasé de Pollo

A Cuban chicken fricassee with potatoes, carrots, and peas in tomato sauce, a daily and home classic

🇧🇴La Paz, Bolivia

Fricasé Paceño

A La Paz dish: pork stew with corn, potatoes, onions, garlic, and ají amarillo, a hearty and spicy classic.

🇫🇷France

Fricot des barques

Fricot des barques is a rustic boatmen’s stew combining fish or meat with potatoes, onions, and broth.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Fried Cachupa

Cachupa Frita

Leftover cachupa re-fried in a skillet until crusty, topped with a fried egg and linguiça sausage; the standard Cape Verdean breakfast.

🇫🇷France

Frigousse

Frigousse is a Breton-style chicken stew cooked with vegetables and a savory sauce, served as a warming family dish.

🇨🇺Cuba

Frijoles Negros

A Cuban black bean stew with garlic, onion, and spices, a daily and essential side

🇨🇴Medellín, Colombia

Frijoles Paisa

Antioquian red beans slow-cooked with pork, plantain, and spices, the base of bandeja paisa. Thick, rich, and savory, served with rice and avocado.

🇬🇺Guam

Fritada

Chamorro fritada is a blood-and-organ stew built from pork offal, blood, garlic, and seasoning; it is a dark, savoury dish distinct from the pork preparations called fritada in Colombia and Ecuador.

🇺🇸United States

Frogmore Stew

A South Carolina Lowcountry boil of shrimp, smoked sausage, corn, and potatoes boiled together in seasoned water.

🇯🇵Japan

Fugu chiri

ふぐちり

A fugu hot pot: paper-thin slices of pufferfish simmered in a light kelp broth with vegetables.

🇵🇸Palestine

Fukharit 'Adas

فخارية عدس

Lentil stew flavoured with red peppers, dill, garlic, and cumin, slow-cooked in a clay pot — a rustic Palestinian country dish.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Ful

ፉል

A warming breakfast of slow-cooked fava beans mashed and seasoned with garlic, onions, jalapeños, tomatoes and niter kibbeh. Topped with ayib and chopped tomato, served with bread for scooping. Borrowed from Egypt and made distinctly Ethiopian.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Fungee and Pepperpot

The national dish of Antigua and Barbuda; fungee is a stiff cornmeal porridge cooked with okra, stirred until it pulls away from the pot, then shaped into a smooth ball like polenta; pepperpot is a dark, savoury stew of spinach, eggplant, pumpkin, okra, and salted or seasoned meats; served together, with the fungee used to scoop up the stew; of West African origin.

🇲🇼Malawi

Futali

A traditional Malawian pottage of starchy vegetables — pumpkin, sweet potato, cassava, or green bananas — boiled until tender and bound with groundnut flour into a thick, nourishing mash; a rustic, filling dish.

🇷🇸Vojvodina, Serbia

Futok Cabbage

Футошки купус

Shredded soured cabbage layered with smoked ribs, sausage and bacon, baked for hours until the cabbage turns amber and the meat falls from the bone.

🇳🇴Norway

Fårikål

Norway's national dish: mutton and cabbage layered in a pot with black peppercorns and salt, simmered until tender. Served with potatoes, a simple and hearty autumn stew, a national icon and tradition.

🇬🇦Gabon

Gabonese Salted Fish Stew

Poisson sale

A weekend stew of salted cod with cabbage, carrots, onions, tomatoes, and peppers; a Gabonese family dish served with manioc or pounded plantains.

🇩🇪Stuttgart, Germany

Gaisburger Marsch

Gaisburger Marsch is a Stuttgart beef stew with root vegetables, potatoes and hand-cut Spätzle in a clear rich broth.

🇲🇽Sonora, Mexico

Gallina pinta

A Sonoran stew of hominy, beef, and pork with beans, 'spotted' with color.

🇬🇹Guatemala

Gallo en Chicha

A Guatemalan rooster or chicken stew cooked in fermented corn chicha with spices, a festive and regional classic

🇬🇲The Gambia

Gambian Catfish Stew

Chewi Kong

Catfish simmered with onion, garlic, tomato, carrot, cassava, cabbage, bay leaf, and pepper, served over boiled rice.

🇬🇲The Gambia

Gambian Oyster Stew

Oyster Stew

Oysters from the Gambia's creeks simmered with onion, pepper, palm oil, and other seafood into a quick, briny stew.

🇫🇷France

Game Stew

Civet

Stew of game (often rabbit) in wine, thickened with blood.