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Chimukuyu

Beef salted and sun-dried in strips, then pounded and cooked in relish

Zimbabwe Charcuterie & cured

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Rural Zimbabwean households dry meat after a slaughter so it survives without a fridge until the next one.

Frequently asked questions

What is Chimukuyu?

Chimukuyu is a charcuterie & cured from Zimbabwe: beef salted and sun-dried in strips, then pounded and cooked in relish. Rural Zimbabwean households dry meat after a slaughter so it survives without a fridge until the next one.

Made with

beefspices

Cooked

cureddried

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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