Biteku-teku
Amaranth leaves quickly simmered with onion, tomato and a touch of peanut.
20 min prep · 25 min cook
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Braised pork
Pork pieces marinated with aromatics then braised over coals to a golden crust — pork grilling previously missing from the catalogue.
25 min + 2 h marinating prep · 55 min cook
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Chicken moambe
A silky palm-nut sauce simmered with chicken—a festive dish found across the DRC.
25 min prep · 1 h 15 cook
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Cricket skewers
Seasoned edible crickets, threaded onto skewers and grilled until crisp.
25 min prep · 15 min cook
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Fish liboke
Fish marinated with spices, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed—fragrant and tender.
30 min prep · 45 min cook
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Fish moambe
Firm fish simmered in palm-nut pulp sauce — river moambe, distinct from chicken moambe.
25 min prep · 50 min cook
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Fumbwa with peanuts
Finely shredded fumbwa leaves simmered in a peanut sauce until tender and silky.
30 min prep · 1 h cook
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Grilled fish
Whole fish marinated with pili-pili and aromatics, grilled until the skin is smoky and the flesh juicy.
25 min prep · 30 min cook
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Kamundele
Meat skewers seasoned and grilled over coals until browned outside and juicy inside.
25 min + 1 h marinating prep · 15 min cook
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Kapenta with tomatoes
Small dried lake fish fried then simmered with tomato and onion, a relish of Greater Katanga.
20 min prep · 30 min cook
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Kossa-kossa
Dried shrimp soaked then simmered with tomato, onion and pili-pili — an iodised everyday Congolese sauce.
20 min + 30 min soaking prep · 35 min cook
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Madesu
Dried beans simmered until creamy with onion, tomato and a touch of chili.
20 min + 8 h soaking prep · 1 h 30 cook
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Makayabu
Salted dried fish soaked, then simmered in a tomato and onion sauce.
25 min + 12 h de dessalage prep · 35 min cook
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Matembele with peanuts
Sweet potato leaves simmered with tomato and pounded peanuts, a tender green served with bukari.
25 min prep · 35 min cook
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Mayebo
Wild mushrooms cleaned and simmered with onion and a light sauce.
25 min prep · 30 min cook
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Mbika
Pound pumpkin-seed paste seasoned then cooked in leaf packets for a dense, melting texture.
30 min prep · 50 min cook
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Mbinzo with tomatoes
Dried caterpillars rehydrated then simmered with tomato, onion and pili-pili.
30 min prep · 40 min cook
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Mbisi ya kokalinga
Fish fried or grilled until the skin is crisp and the flesh stays moist.
25 min prep · 20 min cook
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Meat liboke
Meat marinated with aromatics, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed — the liboke gesture applied to meat, not fish.
30 min + 1 h marinating prep · 1 h cook
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Mujibujibu
Pumpkin leaves slowly simmered with freshly ground peanuts and smoked fish.
30 min prep · 45 min cook
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Ngai-ngai
Congolese sorrel leaves simmered with onion and a little oil until soft and pleasantly tart.
25 min prep · 40 min cook
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Ntaba (grilled goat)
Goat pieces marinated with aromatics then grilled over coals, browned outside and tender within.
25 min + 2 h marinating prep · 50 min cook
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Ntaba in sauce
Goat simmered slowly in a tomato and onion sauce — the stewed version of ntaba, distinct from the grilled one.
25 min prep · 1 h 45 cook
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Okra sauce
Fresh okra simmered to its characteristic silky texture, with tomato, onion and optionally smoked fish or meat.
20 min prep · 40 min cook
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Pepe soupe ya ngolo
A hot catfish soup scented with ginger, garlic and pili-pili, as served in Kinshasa streets.
25 min prep · 35 min cook
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Pondu (saka-saka)
Pound cassava leaves cooked in palm oil with onions and smoked fish—a everyday Congolese classic.
45 min prep · 1 h 30 cook
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Poulet mayo
Browned chicken pieces coated in a mayonnaise sauce lifted with garlic, mustard and pili-pili — a Kinshasa classic for tables and celebrations.
25 min prep · 45 min cook
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Saka-madesu
Pound cassava leaves and beans simmered together in a silky palm-oil sauce.
30 min + 8 h soaking prep · 2 h cook
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Sautéed beef liver
Liver slices quickly seared with onion and chili — street-food and express cooking common in Kinshasa.
15 min prep · 15 min cook
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Snails, Congolese-style
Snail meat slowly tenderized then simmered in a lively tomato, onion and pepper sauce.
30 min prep · 1 h 10 cook
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Soso ya lumba-lumba
Kasai chicken simmered in a fresh, highly fragrant African basil sauce.
25 min prep · 1 h cook
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Soso ya sauce
Chicken simmered in a generous tomato sauce lifted with garlic, ginger and pili-pili.
25 min prep · 55 min cook
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Viande ya sauce
Beef simmered in a generous tomato and onion sauce — everyday Kinshasa cooking, distinct from kamundele skewers.
20 min prep · 1 h 30 cook