Streetfood or Ivorian street cuisine is very rich and varied as it is the case in other African countries in general. The peculiarity of the Ivorian street food is that it is going on, that is to say that: what you find at breakfast, you can also find it at lunch and to taste, and screws versa!

And yes I said "taste" 😄 and it's at 4 pm !!! . If you are Cameroonian like me, it can be unusual for you. With us it is not really widespread!

As the taste is an integral part of the Ivorian street food, so I wanted to respect this 🤗. So I structured the article in 2 main parts . The first part will bring together the typically Ivorian streetfood , in the 2nd part, I will present the “ Taste of 4 p.m.” I hope you give a very complete overview of Streetfood in Côte d'Ivoire! So it's gone ...

Top 10 of the most popular Ivorian Street Food

   10) Grilled coconut

It is simply the grated and toasted coconut pulp . Then just form small balls with a little oil and it's ready! 🤗 There is also a caramelized version, so with sugar , which is just as delicious. It is also this version that I did here as you can see in the photo 🙂

I found other names for this snack. Here is a list of all the names I have found :

So when we talk about caramel in Côte d'Ivoire . These are in fact these diamond -shaped candies based on peanuts and sugar .

It is also popular in other African countries with different names. He is known as Nkate Cake or Kongodo, Guinea-Equatorial and Ghana . In Benin under the name of Kounkada , or simply Nougatine with peanuts in French, and Peanut Brittle in English. In Cameroon, I'm not sure what we call this snack 😅, since the word caramel is already referring to another snack. Cameroonian caramels are also made of peanuts and sugar, but their shape is different.

The recipe is super easy has completed 🙂!

8) Plantains chips

Plantains chips are very, but then very popular in sub-Saharan Africa and therefore obviously in Côte d'Ivoire too. Here, the green plantains are cut with a mandolin/grater. This allows you to cut the plantains very finely, so that they are really crisp at the end 😋.

Then the plantains are fried in a hot oil bath . They are then packed in small sachets and then sold. At home, in Cameroon a package costs 100 frs. I have always found the small packages insufficient 😂, since it ended very quickly. The more you eat, the more you still want to 😁!

7) Grotto yogurt

The Grotto yogurt reminds me a lot of the Kossam which is sold in Cameroon, except that here the yogurt is first served in a small metal pot , then a small bamboo is put inside before being frozen . Then, to consume it, just get it out of the pot and all the yogurt is found above the small bamboo. In short, the Grotto yogurt is the ancestor of ice cream 😄.

6) braised fish 

The braised fish is a grill that I no longer need to present, or else? I have the impression that braised fish is sold everywhere in Africa as streetfood 😄

Well for those who are lost: 

It is simply well -seasoned fish, then braised from charcoal . Ouch, it's so good. The cooking method brings a special taste for fish , I assure you! When I was still in the country, I loved eating this! Most of the time, braised fish sellers begin to sell in the early evening and stay almost overnight.

The braised fish is generally served with cooked green condes, a spicy sauce, discounted onions and fries😋!

5) Chicken choukouya

Grilled chicken is very common in street food in Africa, that's for sure! But each country has its own way of doing it! 

Here, in Côte d'Ivoire, the chicken is cut into small pieces , then after being well seasoned, it is cooked on a wood fire . While the chicken is simmering, finely chopped onions and of course the Kankankan , a mixture of spices that really changes everything 😋!

 3) stake

With the title "Piquet" here I actually include everything that is p i quée 😅 (yes! I know it seems strange says like that! But you will understand when you read the rest 😉….)

The word "stake" here refers to the cooking mode . The meat or fish is stung on a wooden stick, and is then placed around a large wood fire.

So we have a stung chicken, the stung carp, the piqued mackerel, the turned turkey, the stung fish. .. in short everything you can imagine as meat or piqued fish 😅

This cooking mode brings a very particular taste , smoke from the wood fire helps cook the meat. Suddenly at the end, you will have dry meat outside, but very tender inside. 

The stung chicken is generally served with a little spicy sauce and a small salad of onions/tomatoes.

  2) The Garba

I may shock some people here, but I learned during my research that Attiéké Poisson is not the Garba ! The garba is simply the attiéké served with fried tuna, a little oil, salt, pepper, tomatoes, onions and green onions . And that's it! If you wonder then: what is the difference with Attiéke Poisson?! I explained all of this in the post on the Fisheries Autieké!

The Garba is more accessible than the Attiéké Poisson, because it is really more cheaper ! You can find garba in almost all street corners in Côte d'Ivoire. Some Ivorians can already eat it at breakfast 🤭, but it is more common to see Ivorians eating them at lunchtime! In the evening, it is generally no longer very consumed. OPPS, I was going to forget to mention that: the garba is eaten with the hands ! ☝🏿

1) Attiéké Poisson

As you can guess, Attieké Poisson is at the top of the 😎 list. It is the most popular dish of Ivorian streetfood . This dish does not exist in Cameroon for example, and I do not think that there is elsewhere in other African countries 🤔

Like the garba, you eat it with your hands! ☝🏿 It's much better like that 😋 The recipe is also super easy to make. I let you discover the recipe here! And you are a fan of Autieké, here is the recipe for a salad made up of Autieke, tuna and many other vegetables 😋

3 really popular Ivorian snacks !!!

3) Ivorian donuts + porridge (Coco Baka, rice porridge ..)

Here I therefore consume all the donuts that I described in this article on the most popular Ivorian breakfasts . We have gnomi, tratra, yellow yellow donut and other. They are generally served with boil. Whether it is the porridge of millet, rice and other.

As I said at the beginning of this article, the street food is actually a passout . Breakfasts are sold in the morning, but also throughout the day. So if at 4 p.m. you have a little hollow, here you can redeem it quietly 🙂!

  2) Bread bread or Bro Bread!

The Bro bread is going out of the typical 4 p.m. snack! It is simply cooked on the coal, then loaded in a small piece of bread with the tomatoes, the cuts cut, the mayonnaise and the Kankankan 😋!

It is very popular in Côte d'Ivoire, but not only ! In Cameroon also we sell in almost every street corner .. it's too good, really !!! I myself, I was buying all the time. My favorite was pork bread at the end of the Biyem-Assi high school! I still have mouth water!

1) Alloco 

The Alloco is the most popular 4 p.m. snack in Côte d'Ivoire 🙂. The word " Alloco " is of Baoulé origin. " Alloco " means "Loko" , ripe, sweet!

I know that everyone here knows the "Alloco", that's the basis! But hey I will still explain for those who do not know.

The Alloco is simply fries of ripe plantains cut into small squares . Plantains can be a little seasoned with salt before frying, and sometimes it can be fried with palm oil or refined oil . The Alloco are served either alone or with a spicy sauce + hard eggs !

To show you how popular the Allocos are, know that there is even a special Alloco festival in Côte d'Ivoire 🤭. This is due because of the opening of the allocodromes in the city of Abidjan!

Personally I love allocos, only because they are made with really ripe plantains huh it's sweeter, it's soft .. preff it's too mildxx !!!!

Summary

Here we are at the end of my mini series of articles on food in Côte d'Ivoire . In the first part, I spoke of the most popular Ivorian breakfasts , then there was a second article on the 10 most popular homemade Ivorian dishes and finally this third part on Street Food.

I really hope that you have at least discovered the new dishes 🤗 and that this mini article of article can serve as a culinary guide for those who wish to visit Côte d'Ivoire. In any case, I intend to use myself as a little guide when I go to the Ivorians (even as I do not yet know when! 😆)

hesitate to leave me a comment , if you want to add something. I would really like to know what you think of all this!

Thank you for reading until the end 🙂.