suya
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The thinly sliced meat is seasoned with suya, a traditional Hausa spice, grilled over firewood and served with a creamy bone marrow emulsion on a ceramic plate inspired by Nigeria's late renowned potter Ladi Kwali.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
The menu included jerk pork, scotch bonnet roasted chicken and grilled suya steak, a dish from West Africa.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Jollof rice is served alongside a thick pork loin crusted in suya and the meal concludes with puff puff donuts that have a satisfying crunchy outer shell and a soft and moist buoyant center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
At Naija Boy Tacos in Sacramento, the Nigerian American chef Rasheed Amedu is serving curry goat on plantain cassava tortillas and seasoning chicken with the street-kebab spice called suya.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Odenigbo was holding a newspaper-wrapped package of suya; she could smell the smoky spiciness from where she stood.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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