Stews

🇬🇲The Gambia

Superkanja

Supa Kanja

A viscous okra stew with beef, smoked catfish, onion, chilli, and red palm oil, sometimes enriched with crab or prawns and served over rice.

🇦🇩Andorra

Suquet de Peix

Suquet

Fisherman's fish and potato stew finished with a garlic-almond picada.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Svíčková na smetaně

Sviečková na smotane

A Czech classic: slow-braised beef sirloin in creamy root vegetable sauce, served with dumplings, cranberries, and whipped cream.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Sweet Beef Stew

Semur Daging

Beef stewed in sweet soy sauce with nutmeg, cloves, and onions, Dutch-influenced Indonesian dish.

🇨🇩DR Congo

Sweet Potato Leaf Stew

Matembele

A vegetable dish made from sweet potato leaves; a creeping plant that grows quickly in almost any plot in the Congo; easy to prepare with a few spices and oil; goes well with almost any local accompaniment; found more often on the plate of the Congolese than pondu because of its extremely low cost; a humble, everyday vegetable dish; served with fufu or rice.

🇫🇮Finland

Sweetened Potato Casserole

Imelletty perunalaatikko

Traditional dish from Päijät-Häme where puréed potatoes are naturally sweetened through enzymatic process, not just sugar.

🇺🇸United States

Swiss Steak

A round steak floured, browned, and braised in tomato-onion gravy until fork-tender.

🇭🇺Hungary

Székely Goulash

Székelygulyás

Székely goulash is a thick stew of pork, sauerkraut, sour cream, paprika, and potatoes.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

São Nicolau Beef Stew

Modje de São Nicolau

A beef stew specific to the island of São Nicolau, cooked with local vegetables and herbs until the meat is fall-apart tender.

🇲🇴Macao

Tacho

Macanese meat and vegetable stew; a local variant of Portuguese cozido a portuguesa; meats and vegetables simmered together for a long period, sometimes several days; evolved from cozido with Cantonese substitutions; Chinese sausage replaces chourico, daikon replaces turnips; includes pork rind, pig's trotters, and balichao.

🇹🇩Chad

Tagalie

Tagalié

Traditional Chadian and Sudanese sauce made with dried meat called charmout and dried okra; a hearty, intensely flavored stew; eaten with kissar galette, bread, or esh boule; one of the ten most essential Chadian sauces; a dish that preserves meat and okra for the dry season.

🇪🇬Egypt

Tagen Samak

طاجن سمك

An Egyptian fish tagine of white fish simmered in a tomato, pepper, and herb sauce, often with olives.

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Tagine

طاجين

Slow-cooked Moroccan food prepared in a shallow earthenware dish with a conical lid, from vegetables to meat.

🇲🇦Morocco

Tagine with Jben (Goat Cheese)

طاجين الجبن

A Moroccan tagine with jben (fresh goat cheese), vegetables, and sometimes meat, a regional specialty. A creamy, savory dish, a mountain and rural classic, served with bread, a unique tagine variant.

🇵🇫French Polynesia

Tahitian Earth Oven

Ahima'a

Ahima'a is the named French Polynesian earth-oven meal: pork, fish, chicken, taro, breadfruit, and bananas are wrapped in leaves and steamed on hot stones.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Taiwanese Hot Pot

臺灣火鍋

Communal Taiwanese hot pot: a bubbling broth for cooking meats, seafood and vegetables at the table.

🇱🇾Libya

Tajin Sfinari Bil Zaytun

A Libyan spinach tagine baked with olives, eggs, and spices until set like a savory pudding.

🇩🇿Algeria

Tajine Zitoune

طاجين زيتون

Chicken or veal simmered in a white sauce with green olives, mushrooms and carrot, thickened with egg and lemon.

🇨🇺Cuba

Tamal en Cazuela

A Cuban cornmeal and meat stew cooked in a pot, a daily and home classic

🇲🇦Marrakesh, Morocco

Tanjia Marrakchia

طنجية مراكشية

Marrakesh lamb or beef slow-cooked with preserved lemon, garlic, and spices in a sealed clay jar.

🇬🇹Livingston, Guatemala

Tapado

A Livingston Garifuna coconut seafood stew with green plantain, coconut milk, fish, and shellfish from Guatemala's Caribbean coast.

🇭🇳Northern Honduras, Honduras

Tapado Costeño

A Honduran coastal seafood stew of fish, shrimp, and plantain simmered in coconut milk with spices.

🇭🇳Honduras

Tapado Olanchano

Olancho's covered stew of beef, salted meat, pork, chorizo, plantain, yuca and related roots, cooked in layers in a covered pot.

🇧🇿Southern Belize, Belize

Tapou

Garifuna one-pot of fish, cassava, plantain and coconut milk layered and left to steam, closely related to the tapado of the Honduran coast.

🇵🇭Bicol, Philippines

Taro Leaf Stew

Laing

Dried taro leaves slow-cooked in coconut milk with pork, chilies, and shrimp paste, a Bicolano specialty.

🇵🇭Mindanao, Philippines

Tausug Chicken

Piyanggang Manok

A Tausug chicken dish braised with turmeric, coconut milk, and burnt coconut, giving a smoky flavor.

🇨🇾Cyprus

Tavas

Ταβάς

Lamb or pork with rice, onion, tomato and a great deal of cumin baked slowly in a covered clay dish.

🇦🇱Albania

Tave Kosi

Tavë Kosi

Albania's national dish: lamb and rice baked with a tangy yogurt-egg custard topping, seasoned with garlic and oregano, originating from Elbasan, a comforting casserole icon.

🇦🇱Shkodër, Albania

Tave Krapi

Tavë Krapi

Traditional carp casserole from Shkodra region, fresh carp baked with onions, tomatoes, garlic, vinegar, and dried plums in a rich sweet-savory sauce, a Lake Shkodra specialty.

🇽🇰Prizren, Kosovo

Tavë Prizreni

Lamb baked slowly in an earthenware dish with aubergine, peppers, onion and tomato until the vegetables collapse into the fat.

🇪🇭Western Sahara

Tbikha

Tbikha is a minimalist Sahrawi meat preparation: camel or lamb is cooked in a covered bowl with salt and olive oil so the meat’s own flavour remains clear.

🇭🇹Haiti

Tchaka

Hominy, red beans, squash and salted pork cooked down together for hours into a thick porridge-stew, made as an offering as well as a meal.

🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands

TCI Crab Stew

Crab Stew

Land crabs stewed in a rich gravy with vegetables and herbs; a traditional Turks and Caicos dish

🇰🇮Kiribati

Te Bua Toro Ni Baukin

Traditional casserole made with grated pumpkin, shredded cabbage, corned beef, flour, milk, and baking powder, seasoned with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, baked until brown; one of the dishes TasteAtlas lists for Kiribati; a fusion dish that combines local pumpkin with imported canned corned beef; often served everyday meal.

🇰🇮Kiribati

Te Bubuti

Fish or pork slow-cooked in rich coconut milk, wrapped in banana or coconut leaves, traditionally baked in an underground oven (umwai); today often made with canned corned beef; a traditional Kiribati feast dish; the slow cooking in coconut milk gives a rich, creamy texture; a centerpiece of celebrations and gatherings.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Teleshko Vareno

Телешко варено

A traditional Bulgarian boiled veal dish with potatoes, carrots, onions and root vegetables in a clear consommé, served with a sharp mustard or horseradish.