Chadian cuisine

Northern and southern cuisines

Foods and dishes

• Bread made from millet and sorghum that has been ground into flour
• Daraba is a traditional dish prepared with okra, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, greens, peanut butter, and additional ingredients.
• Dried, salted and smoked fish
• Esh is a common dish among northern Arabs that consists of boiled millet flour served with a moulah sauce.
• Fried beef and fish
• Jarret de boeuf is a traditional beef and vegetable stew. It is recommended to stew for at least 2 hours.
• Kisser is a type of sourdough crêpe
• La Bouillie is a traditional breakfast cereal that is served hot. The main ingredients are rice or wheat, milk, peanut butter and flour.
• Millet pancakes and fried balls. Aiyash is a dish eaten by Chadian Arabs in which millet balls are dipped in various sauces.
• Nile perch
• Okra-based gumbo
• Peanut butter
• Porridges made from millet and sorghum are common throughout the country.
• Red beans are part of the diet in Southern Chad.
• Sauces prepared with meat, fish and spices. Sauces are sometimes used to dip various millet and sorghum foods, such as millet bread.
• Sesame seeds and sesame oil are used in many dishes
• Shea butter
• Squash stew with peanuts
• Stews are often prepared with cassava leaves and okra as the primary greens in them.
• Toasted termites and crickets

  Grains

• Millet
• Sorghum
• Rice
• Fonio

  Meats

• Beef
• Bushmeat, which is sometimes dried
• Pork
• Chicken
• Fish, particularly in Northern Chad, including tilapia, carp, eel, perch and catfish. Fish is the most common protein source in Chad.
• Goats are the most commonly raised livestock in Chad, and are used for food in the forms of goat meat and goat milk.
• Mutton

  Fruits and vegetables

• Bananas, including plantains *
• Carrots
• Cassava, including cassava leaves
• Chili peppers
• Citrus fruits
• Dates
• Dried pimento
• Garlic
• Green beans
• Guava *
• Legumes, including lentils
• Maize
• Mango *
• Melon *
• Okra
• Onion
• Papaya *
• Peanuts
• Pineapple *
• Potato
• Raisins
• Zucchini

Beverages

• Fruit juices
• Gala is a beer brewed in Chad
• Jus de Fruit is a traditional beverage prepared with mango, milk, sugar and cardamom powder.
• Milk
• Soft drinks