Stews

🇪🇨Ecuador

Seco de Pollo

An Ecuadorian chicken stew with beer, onions, tomatoes, and cilantro, served with rice and plantains

🇵🇪Peru

Seco de Res Peruano

Seco de res

Peruvian beef stew braised in cilantro and chicha until the sauce is thick and green. Served with beans, rice and sweet potato.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Sega Wat

ሥጋ ወጥ

Literally 'red stew.' A deeply spicy Ethiopian beef wot built on caramelized onions, berbere and niter kibbeh. The bold, fiery counterpart to alicha siga wot, slow-cooked until the beef is fork-tender.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Segedínský guláš

Segedínsky guláš

A Czech pork goulash with sauerkraut and sour cream, served with dumplings, a pub and home classic

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Selsko Meso

Селско месо

Pork and mushrooms baked in a small clay pot with onion, white wine, paprika and a slice of cheese melted over the top.

🇷🇸Serbia

Serbian Bean Stew

Пасуљ

Dried white beans cooked slowly with smoked ribs, bacon or sausage, onion and paprika until thick.

🇧🇿Southern Belize, Belize

Sere

Sere de pescado

A Garifuna Belizean fish stew simmered with coconut, root vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

Shab Deg

شب دیگ

Mutton and whole turnips cooked overnight in a sealed pot with meatballs and a red, fennel-scented gravy, a Kashmiri winter dish.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Shahan Ful

ሻህን ፉል

Stewed fava beans served with chopped fresh vegetables and spices — a lighter, salad-like cousin of ful medames, popular as a fasting dish and street breakfast.

🇸🇾Syria

Shakriyeh

شاكرية

Lamb chunks simmered in a hot garlic-yoghurt sauce and served over rice with fried pine nuts.

🇦🇫Afghanistan

Shalgham Challow

شلغم چلو

Turnips slow-cooked with lamb and sugar into a sweet-sour stew served over white rice.

🇭🇷Slavonia, Croatia

Shepherd's Stew

Čobanac

Traditional Slavonian meat stew with multiple meats, onions, and paprika cooked in a cauldron over open fire, spicy and hearty.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Shimbra Asa Wot

ሽምብራ ዓሣ ወጥ

A wonderfully clever Ethiopian fasting dish: chickpea-flour dough shaped into little 'fish' and simmered in a spicy berbere stew. The vegan answer to a craving for fish wot during Lent.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Shiro Fesses

ሽሮ ፈሰስ

A looser Ethiopian shiro poured over injera, with chickpea flour, onion, garlic and spice.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Shiro Tegamino

ሽሮ ተጋሚኖ

A thick, carefully spiced chickpea-flour stew cooked in a clay pot for Ethiopian fasting tables.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Shiro Wat

ሽሮ ወጥ

The spicy red version of shiro — chickpea or split-pea flour cooked into a deeply seasoned berbere-and-onion stew. Cheap, fast, vegan, and the dish many Ethiopians could eat every single day.

🇮🇷Razavi Khorasan, Iran

Sholeh mashhadi

شله مشهدی

Wheat, pulses, herbs and meat cook down into Mashhad's thick ceremonial pottage, often prepared for vows and charity.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Shpundra

Шпундра

Shpundra is Ukrainian pork belly braised with beet kvass, producing a dark, tangy sauce.

🇵🇭Philippines

Shrimp Paste Pork

Binagoongan

Pork cooked in fermented shrimp paste (bagoong) with tomatoes and onions, a savory and pungent dish.

🇳🇵Nepal

Shyakpa

शाक्पा

A Tibetan-Nepali stew of meat, vegetables and potatoes, warming and simple.

🇨🇳Sichuan, China

Sichuan Hotpot

四川火锅

A cauldron of beef tallow, dried chilli and Sichuan pepper kept boiling at the table, into which you dip tripe, duck intestine, luncheon meat, tofu skin and greens.

🇬🇼Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Sigá

Stew of palm oil, okra, and meat or fish, served with white rice; the okra gives a slippery, mucilaginous texture while the palm oil provides a rich orange colour; a daily dish in Guinea-Bissau's palm-growing southern and coastal regions.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Silsi

Eritrean tomato-based stew cooked with oil, onions, garlic, and berbere; a fiery, tangy sauce that can feature meat or stand alone as a vegetarian dish; brighter and more tomato-forward than zigni; served with injera.

🇸🇧Central Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal / Malaita / Makira), Solomon Islands

Sisikolo

Traditional stew from Langa Langa Lagoon in Malaita; main ingredient is koa, the fruit of the Bruguiera gymnorhiza mangrove, combined with coconuts, fish (yellowfin tuna), and onions; served with savory cassava pudding; a rare, regional specialty.

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sitni Ćevap

Small cubes of beef or veal browned and stewed with onion and paprika into a dark, thick sauce, served with mashed potato or bread.

🇮🇪Cork, Ireland

Skirts And Kidneys

Dublin offal stew.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Slow-Braised Beef

Draadjesvlees

Old-fashioned beef and onion stew slow-braised until meat falls apart in threads, seasoned with juniper and cinnamon.

🇿🇦South Africa

Smoorsnoek

A Cape fish stew of smoked snoek (a local fish) with potatoes, tomatoes, and onions, slow-cooked. A Western Cape and coastal specialty, smoky and savory

🇺🇸United States

Smothered Pork Chops

Pork chops braised in a rich onion gravy until tender.

🇨🇴Colombia

Sobrebarriga

Flank steak braised in hogao and wine until fork-tender, then grilled to order and smothered in sautéed onions and tomato (encebollada). A classic Colombian restaurant and Sunday-home dish of the interior.

🇬🇷Crete, Greece

Sofegada

Σοφεγάδα

A Corfu skillet of vegetables layered with tomato and olive oil and baked uncovered until caramelised, eaten with feta and bread.

🇬🇷Ionian Islands, Greece

Sofigado

Σοφιγάδο

A Greek stew of meat (veal or rabbit) with onions, tomatoes, and wine, a regional specialty. A rustic, hearty, aromatic dish, a taverna and home classic, served with bread or pasta, a traditional stew.

🇬🇷Ionian Islands, Greece

Sofrito

Σοφρίτο

Corfu veal in white wine, garlic and vinegar.

🇰🇷South Korea

Soft Tofu Stew

순두부찌개

A spicy stew with uncurdled soft (silken) tofu, seafood or meat, and a raw egg cracked into the bubbling pot at the table.

🇵🇰Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Sohbat

سوہبت

Saraiki communal dish of bread torn into a mutton stock with meat and yoghurt, eaten from a shared tray by hand.

🇸🇧Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Mumu

Mumu

Solomon Islands mumu combines pork or chicken, root vegetables, and coconut in banana leaves, then slow-cooks the parcel underground over hot stones.