Dishes made with pepper
61 dishes from around the world that list pepper as a main ingredient.
ShakshukaVegetarian
🇹🇳 Tunisia and 5 moreEggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce from North Africa
Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner
ĆevapiMeatћевапи
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5 moreGrilled minced meat rolls served with flatbread and onions in Southeast Europe
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Gallo PintoVegan
🇨🇷 Costa Rica and 1 moreRice and beans cooked together, a staple in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Callaloo
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago and 4 moreLeafy Caribbean stew made with taro, amaranth or other greens
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Nasi Kerabuناسي کرابو
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 3 moreBlue-tinted rice with herbs, salad, and assorted sides from Malaysia and southern Thailand
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
ZacuscăVegan
🇷🇴 Romania and 3 moreRoasted eggplant and pepper spread from Romania, eaten on bread
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Snacks
Rice and peas
🇯🇲 Jamaica and 5 moreRice cooked with beans or peas, herbs, spices, and sometimes coconut milk
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chicken-fried steakMeat
🇺🇸 United StatesBreaded and fried beef steak, usually topped with cream gravy
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
EncebolladoFish or seafood
🇪🇨 EcuadorEcuadorian fish stew with onions, cassava and pickled red onion rings
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
Shrimp and gritsFish or seafood
🇺🇸 United StatesSautéed shrimp served over creamy cornmeal porridge from the Lowcountry
Main dish, Breakfast
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shakshuka: Joe Mahoney, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gallo Pinto: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, source
- Encebollado: Ministerio de Turismo Ecuador, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chicken-fried steak: No machine-readable author provided. Bloodshedder~commonswiki assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Shrimp and grits: Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ćevapi: amanderson2, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nasi Kerabu: amrufm, CC BY 2.0, source
- Zacuscă: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed (based on copyrigh, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Callaloo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/67276179@N08/, CC BY 2.0, source
- Rice and peas: Lili, CC BY 2.0, source