Stews

🇮🇶Iraq

Tepsi Baytinijan

تبسي باذنجان

Aubergine, tomato, potato, onion and meatballs layered in a wide tray and baked in tomato broth until the top browns.

🇺🇸United States

Tetrazzini

A baked casserole of pasta, poultry or seafood, and mushrooms in a creamy sherry sauce with cheese.

🇹🇳Tunisia

Tfina Pkaila

A Tunisian dish of spinach or chard cooked with beans and spices into a thick, garlicky stew.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Thareed

ثريد

Meat and vegetable stew served over pieces of thin bread (rgaag or rakhal) that soak up the flavorful broth, a Ramadan favorite, bread properly soaked but not mushy with rich spiced tomato broth and tender meat.

🇸🇳Senegal

Thiou

Ciw

Tomato-based stew of meat or fish with vegetables, thinner than maafe and served over plain white rice.

🇸🇳Senegal

Thiou

A Senegalese tomato-and-onion stew cooked with meat, fish or vegetables and served over rice.

🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Tiaude

A thick fishermen's stew of potatoes, carrots, and cod in a roux; a traditional home-cooked dish of Saint Pierre and Miquelon that warms through the North Atlantic winters.

🇲🇱Mali

Tiguadege Na

Tigadɛgɛna

The national dish of Mali — a creamy peanut stew with beef, chicken, or meatballs simmered in peanut butter with tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, and chili; the Bambara name means 'peanut butter sauce'; served with rice or millet tô; a rich, hearty dish central to Malian cuisine and celebrations.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Tikil Gomen

ጥቅል ጎመን

A mild, golden Ethiopian cabbage stew — cabbage simmered with carrots and potatoes, gently spiced with turmeric, garlic and ginger. A staple side on any fasting beyaynetu.

🇹🇬Togo

Timbani

A traditional Togolese dish of smoked or dried meat and fish, rehydrated in a thick tomato and palm-oil sauce; rich, smoky, and typically eaten with akoumé.

🇲🇽Mexico

Tinga

Shredded chicken or beef simmered in a smoky chipotle-tomato sauce with onion.

🇷🇴Romania

Tocană

A rustic stew of diced meat — preferably fatty pork or lamb — simmered with vegetables, peppers, garlic and tomato sauce, served on mămăligă.

🇭🇺Hungary

Tokány

Tokány is a transylvanian-style stew with strips of meat, peppers, mushrooms, smoked bacon, and sour cream, meat cut into strips not cubes, rich and smoky.

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

Tola Soup

A rainforest spice soup from Sierra Leone made with tola, a wild forest seed that gives the soup a slippery, okra-like texture; cooked with fish or meat and served with rice, fufu, or plantain.

🇱🇦Laos

Tom Padaek

ຕົ້ມປາແດກ

Fish stewed hard in fermented fish liquor with lemongrass, chilli, aubergine and dill until the broth turns thick and murky.

🇨🇱Chile

Tomaticán

Summer stew of tomatoes, corn, onions, and beef, a seasonal Chilean dish, fresh and balanced, traditional.

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Tomato Bredie

Tamatie bredie

A Cape Malay stew of lamb with tomatoes, beans, and spices (cinnamon, cardamom, chili, ginger), slow-cooked

🇵🇭Philippines

Tomato Stew

Afritada

Chicken or pork stewed in tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and bell peppers, a simple family dish.

🇹🇴Tonga

Tongan Lo'i Hoosi

Lo'i hoosi

Shredded or diced horse meat cooked with onion, salt, and coconut cream, a special-occasion dish with roots in Tonga's modern food history.

🇹🇴Tonga

Tongan Lu Sipi

Lū sipi

Lamb or mutton wrapped in taro leaves with onion and coconut cream, then slow-cooked in a foil parcel or underground umu until the meat is tender.

🇱🇷Liberia

Torborgee

A bitter, spicy stew of torborgee beans cooked with palm oil and enriched with dried meat, chicken, pork, or fish, usually eaten with rice.

🇦🇱Albania

Tourlou

Τουρλού

A Greek summer braise of eggplant, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and onion cooked slowly in olive oil until soft.

🇷🇴Transylvania, Romania

Transylvanian Paprika Stew

Papricaș

Chicken or veal stewed with onion, sweet paprika and sour cream, served with small egg dumplings.

🇪🇸Cantabria, Spain

Trasmiera Bean Stew

Caricos de Trasmiera

Caricos de Trasmiera are Cantabrian beans slowly cooked with onion, paprika, and pork until creamy and tender.

🇲🇦Morocco

Treda

تريدة

A Moroccan dish of cubed bread soaked in a meat and lentil stew, a variant of rfissa. A rustic, hearty, comforting dish, a home and traditional classic, a national specialty, a celebration and post-birth dish.

🇲🇦Morocco

Trid

تريد

Moroccan torn flatbread layered with chicken, lentils, and spiced broth until soft and spoonable.

🇵🇹Porto, Portugal

Tripas à Moda do Porto

Porto-style tripe and bean stew with chorizo, a hearty dish that gave Porto its nickname Tripeiros.

🇭🇺Hungary

Tripe Stew

Pacalpörkölt

Tripe Stew is a beef tripe slowly cooked with onions, garlic, paprika, and spices until tender.

🇸🇸South Sudan

Tripe Stew

Marara

South Sudanese tripe dish; cow stomach lining cleaned and slow-cooked with onions, tomatoes, and chili; a delicacy often eaten at celebrations; chewy, spicy, and rich; found at specialty restaurants and butcher shops.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Tsebhi Ades

Ades

Eritrean lentil stew cooked with onions, spices, and tomatoes; made with or without berbere depending on the household; a hearty, protein-rich fasting dish; served on injera alongside other tsebhi.

🇪🇷Eritrea

Tsebhi Shiro

Eritrean chickpea flour stew cooked with onions, garlic, tomatoes, and berbere; a smooth, thick purée; a low-cost staple for many families; popular on fasting days; served with injera or kitcha; the Eritrean counterpart of Ethiopian shiro wat.

🇧🇼Botswana

Tswana Chicken Stew

Koko ya Setswana

Traditional Tswana chicken stew — free-range chicken cooked in a three-legged iron pot over open fire, giving it the best flavour; serving a traditionally grown chicken to a guest shows special hospitality.

🇬🇾Guyana

Tuma Pot

Tuma pot is an Amerindian stew of fish or legally sourced bush meat cooked in cassava water with peppers, served with cassava bread or farine.

🇺🇸United States

Tuna Casserole

The 1950s casserole of tuna, egg noodles, and cream soup, topped with cheese or crumbs.

🇭🇷Dalmatia, Croatia

Tuna Pašticada

In Dalmatia, Tuna Pašticada is Split tuna loin with sweet-sour prune-and-wine sauce.

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Turli Tava

Турли тава

Mixed vegetables and meat layered in a wide clay tray with paprika and baked slowly until everything collapses together.