crab
103 dishes.
salad & sideAbachaShredded dried cassava tossed with ugba, palm oil and garden eggs
AbalaSteamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leavessoup & stewAdémè dessiSilky jute-leaf sauce eaten with akoumésoup & stewAfang soupEfik soup of afang leaves and waterleaf with periwinkles
AkpessiBoiled plantain or eggplant one-pot with smoked fish and palm oil
AprapransaRoasted corn flour stirred into palm soup with crab and beefmainArroz de mariscobrothy tomato rice loaded with shellfishstreet foodAsunSmoked goat chopped and tossed with fiery peppers and onions
AulacodeCane rat smoked and stewed in sauce, the most prized bush meatsoup & stewBanga soupNiger Delta palm-fruit soup with catfish, eaten with starchsoup & stewBanh CanhThick chewy tapioca noodles in pork or crab broth, slippery and richsoup & stewBanh Da CuaBrick-red flat rice noodles in freshwater crab broth with tomato and greenssoup & stewBitterleaf soupwashed bitterleaf cooked down with palm oil, fish and meatmainBlack Pepper CrabCrab wok-tossed in coarse black pepper, butter and curry leaf, dry and pungentsalad & sideBoiled TapiocaBoiled cassava root, the everyday starch beside fish and crabsoup & stewBun RieuCrab-and-tomato noodle soup with silky riêu curdssoup & stewCallalooDasheen leaves, okra, and coconut milk swizzled silky
Callaloo soupCreamy dasheen-leaf soup, often with crab
CaracolesGiant land snails grilled or stewed with tomato and hot peppermainCaril de caranguejocrab curry rich with coconut milksoup & stewCassava leavespounded cassava leaves cooked down with palm oil, peanut, fish and meat
Cazuela de mariscosCreamy coconut-milk seafood casserole from the Caribbean coastsnackCha GioCrisp fried spring rolls wrapped in lettuce and dipped in nuoc cham
ChenillesForest caterpillars dried or fried, eaten by the handful with cassavamainChilli CrabMud crab in sweet-savory tomato-chili gravy, mopped with fried mantou
Coconut CrabGiant land crab roasted in its shell; rich, coconut-scented meat and fat.
Corn chaffBoiled corn and beans stewed with palm oil and spices
Corn fufu and njama njamaGrassfields corn dough with sautéed huckleberry greensmainCrab and dumplingCurried crab with flat boiled dumplings, Tobago's pride
Crab and riceLand crab cooked down with rice, thyme and tomato until dark
Crab backSeasoned crab meat baked in its shell
Crab backsLand-crab meat seasoned and baked in shells
DemokTaro leaves stewed to a thick green mash with coconut milk and crab meat
Dongo-dongoSilky okra sauce with fish
Ebbehspicy tangy bowl of boiled cassava, smoked fish, lime and chili brothsoup & stewEdikang ikongRich Calabar vegetable soup of pumpkin leaves and waterleaf
AbalaSteamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leavessoup & stewAdémè dessiSilky jute-leaf sauce eaten with akoumésoup & stewAfang soupEfik soup of afang leaves and waterleaf with periwinkles
AkpessiBoiled plantain or eggplant one-pot with smoked fish and palm oil
AprapransaRoasted corn flour stirred into palm soup with crab and beefmainArroz de mariscobrothy tomato rice loaded with shellfishstreet foodAsunSmoked goat chopped and tossed with fiery peppers and onions
AulacodeCane rat smoked and stewed in sauce, the most prized bush meatsoup & stewBanga soupNiger Delta palm-fruit soup with catfish, eaten with starchsoup & stewBanh CanhThick chewy tapioca noodles in pork or crab broth, slippery and richsoup & stewBanh Da CuaBrick-red flat rice noodles in freshwater crab broth with tomato and greenssoup & stewBitterleaf soupwashed bitterleaf cooked down with palm oil, fish and meatmainBlack Pepper CrabCrab wok-tossed in coarse black pepper, butter and curry leaf, dry and pungentsalad & sideBoiled TapiocaBoiled cassava root, the everyday starch beside fish and crabsoup & stewBun RieuCrab-and-tomato noodle soup with silky riêu curdssoup & stewCallalooDasheen leaves, okra, and coconut milk swizzled silky
Callaloo soupCreamy dasheen-leaf soup, often with crab
CaracolesGiant land snails grilled or stewed with tomato and hot peppermainCaril de caranguejocrab curry rich with coconut milksoup & stewCassava leavespounded cassava leaves cooked down with palm oil, peanut, fish and meat
Cazuela de mariscosCreamy coconut-milk seafood casserole from the Caribbean coastsnackCha GioCrisp fried spring rolls wrapped in lettuce and dipped in nuoc cham
ChenillesForest caterpillars dried or fried, eaten by the handful with cassavamainChilli CrabMud crab in sweet-savory tomato-chili gravy, mopped with fried mantou
Coconut CrabGiant land crab roasted in its shell; rich, coconut-scented meat and fat.
Corn chaffBoiled corn and beans stewed with palm oil and spices
Corn fufu and njama njamaGrassfields corn dough with sautéed huckleberry greensmainCrab and dumplingCurried crab with flat boiled dumplings, Tobago's pride
Crab and riceLand crab cooked down with rice, thyme and tomato until dark
Crab backSeasoned crab meat baked in its shell
Crab backsLand-crab meat seasoned and baked in shells
DemokTaro leaves stewed to a thick green mash with coconut milk and crab meat
Dongo-dongoSilky okra sauce with fish
Ebbehspicy tangy bowl of boiled cassava, smoked fish, lime and chili brothsoup & stewEdikang ikongRich Calabar vegetable soup of pumpkin leaves and waterleaf-
Callaloo
Dasheen leaves, okra, and coconut milk swizzled silky. Ready in 25 min prep and 50 min cooking. Serves 6. A…
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Abala
Steamed pudding of ground beans or rice wrapped and cooked in banana leaves. Ready in 30 min prep and 45…
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Abacha
Shredded dried cassava tossed with ugba, palm oil and garden eggs. Ready in 30 min prep and 20 min cooking.…
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Afang soup
Efik soup of afang leaves and waterleaf with periwinkles. Ready in 40 min prep and 1 hr cooking. 6 servings.…
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Adémè dessi
Silky jute-leaf sauce eaten with akoumé. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 6. A soup &…
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Akpessi
Boiled plantain or eggplant one-pot with smoked fish and palm oil. Ready in 25 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking.…