suya

American  

[soo-yuh] / ˈsu yə /

noun

plural

suyas

1. a Nigerian street food dish, consisting of thinly sliced meat or seafood covered in a dry spice rub and then cooked on a skewer.

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Example Sentences

“When you try West African food, Nigerian food in particular, especially our jollof rice, moi moi, our suya, it has an authentic taste to it.”

From BBC • Oct. 1, 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

Hawkers were at every comer, with glass-enclosed cases of akara and suya and browned chicken drumsticks, with trays of peeled oranges, with coolers the size of bathtubs full of Walls banana ice cream.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie