Traditional Chadian Cuisine
Eating in Chad is characterized by the fact that Chadian cuisine is multifaceted and is shaped by a variety of delicious culinary recipes..
Food in Chad
The diet of the inhabitants of Chad consists of cereals, legumes, vegetables, fish, meat (beef, lamb, chicken).
Residents of N'Djamena and southern Chad love to feast on pork dishes, to which they serve French bread, salads, rice, hot local sauces.
Due to the love of local people for meat, many cities offer to buy fried meat, sprinkled with hot spicy sauce in numerous street stalls and stalls..
Fish (eel, carp, Nile perch, tilapia) is no less popular in the country - it is stewed, dried, smoked, salted here, but more often than not, it is simply fried over coals and sprinkled with some kind of sauce. And they like to fry okra fish with vegetables, bake on coals, and also make a seasoning or sauce out of it. “gumbo” (the fish is pre-dried and chopped).
Roasted lamb is worth trying in Chad; stuffed zucchini; thick bean soup; sorghum porridge with meat, spices, tomatoes, dried fish, onions; lemon toast; chili bream; spicy Chadian tuna sub; turkey tandoori with ginger and spicy gravy.
Where to eat in Chad? At your service:
- cafes and restaurants where you can taste European cuisine;
- cafes and restaurants where you can order French and African cuisine;
- street tents where you can buy fast food.
Drinks in Chad
Popular drinks in Chad are coffee, carcade (hibiscus drink), juices, jous de fruit (soft drink made from fruit juice and milk with cardamom and ice), beer, moonshine “arches”.
When visiting the southern regions of Chad, you can taste beer “billy-billy” (red millet is used for its preparation) and “koshe” (it is prepared on the basis of white millet), and when visiting Mundu - beer “Gala”, which is considered the best in the country.
In Chad, in large cities, you can buy imported alcoholic beverages, but they are quite expensive..
Food tour to Chad
On a food tour in Chad, you will learn about local culinary traditions and be sure to sample pasta “bule” (it is made from different cereals, formed into balls and dipped in sauce), fried donuts made from wheat and millet flour, various meat and fish dishes.
Visiting Chad, you will get acquainted with the peculiarities of local cuisine and enjoy the original taste of national dishes.
