# The best Gabonese dishes

Poulet nyembwe, cassava leaves, odika and nkumu: the signature dishes of Gabon's provinces.

- 1 vote · 18 items
- Dec 13, 2021 · Geneviève Gagnon
- https://even.best/en/l/3367/the-best-gabonese-dishes

## Top 18

1. **Soukoute** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kota parcel of cassava leaves, fresh fish and raw peanut.
2. **Chicken nyembwe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The national dish: chicken in palm nut sauce, of Myene origin.
3. **Cassava leaves** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Finely pounded, boiled cassava leaves with smoked fish.
4. **Odika sauce** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sauce of 'indigenous chocolate', a wild mango seed paste.
5. **Nkumu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wild Gnetum africanum leaves, a Teke and Obamba heritage dish.
6. **Plantain ball** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Huge ball of pounded plantain, a Bapunu speciality.
7. **Mambo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stuffed crabs from Estuaire.
8. **Razor clams** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Razor clams, a Mpongwe speciality.
9. **Nkondo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ogooué carp broth.
10. **Fish in odika** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fish parcel with odika.
11. **Ondili** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Okra sauce from Haut-Ogooué.
12. **Koku mu teri** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Rooster in squash-seed sauce, from Ngounié.
13. **Mighube** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Taro leaves from Ngounié.
14. **Doukoudaka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shark in palm oil sauce, from Nyanga.
15. **Salt fish with aubergine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Salted fish with aubergines.
16. **Kondondo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tapioca parcel with smoked fish, prawns and palm oil.
17. **Nguya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wild boar in its juices or indigenous chocolate.
18. **Régab** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gabon's beer.

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