Street Food Recipes from Around the World
The best food is often eaten standing up. These authentic street-food dishes — from hawker stalls, market carts, and roadside griddles across the globe — are yours to make at home.
35 recipes
🇪🇬 Koshari
Cairo, Egypt · easy · 60 min
Cairo’s beloved carb-on-carb street food: lentils, rice, and pasta under spiced tomato sauce and crispy onions.
🇨🇮 Alloco with Tomato-Chili Sauce
Abidjan (Lagunes), Côte d’Ivoire · easy · 30 min
Golden fried sweet plantains with a punchy tomato-onion-chili sauce — Abidjan’s beloved street snack.
🇺🇬 Ugandan Rolex
Kampala, Uganda · easy · 40 min
A fresh chapati rolled around a vegetable omelette — Kampala’s beloved street breakfast, "rolled eggs" said fast.
🇲🇺 Dholl Puri
Port Louis, Mauritius · medium · 70 min
Feather-soft flatbreads with ground split peas hidden in the dough, folded around bean curry and chutney.
🇿🇦 Bunny Chow
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · medium · 80 min
A hollowed half-loaf of bread filled with fiery Durban curry — the ultimate hand-held street meal.
🇳🇬 Suya
Kano (North), Nigeria · easy · 42 min
Thin beef skewers crusted in spicy, nutty yaji spice and grilled over coals — northern Nigeria’s legendary night-market snack.
🇳🇦 Kapana
Windhoek, Namibia · easy · 30 min
Namibia's open-fire street beef: thin strips grilled fast over coals and dusted with a spicy dry rub.
🇨🇬 Beignets Congolais
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo · medium · 105 min
Puffy, faintly sweet fried dough balls sold hot on Brazzaville street corners and eaten with sweet coffee at daybreak.
🇯🇵 Osaka-Style Okonomiyaki
Osaka (Kansai), Japan · easy · 40 min
A crisp-edged cabbage pancake griddled with pork belly, painted with sweet-savory sauce and mayo.
🇮🇩 Nasi Goreng Kampung
Yogyakarta (Java), Indonesia · easy · 25 min
Village-style fried rice, smoky and sweet with kecap manis, crowned with a crisp-edged fried egg.
🇵🇰 Lahori Chicken Karahi
Lahore (Punjab), Pakistan · easy · 50 min
Chicken flash-cooked in a wok-like karahi with tomatoes, ginger, and black pepper — no onions, no shortcuts.
🇲🇾 Char Kway Teow
Penang, Malaysia · medium · 30 min
Flat rice noodles seared in a screaming wok with prawns, egg, chives, and dark soy — Penang’s hawker crown.
🇮🇳 Pav Bhaji
Maharashtra (Mumbai), India · easy · 50 min
Mumbai’s beach-stall classic: a buttery mashed vegetable curry with toasted buns, lime, and raw onion.
🇻🇳 Bánh Xèo
Mekong Delta, Vietnam · medium · 50 min
Sizzling turmeric-rice crepes stuffed with shrimp, pork, and sprouts — wrapped in lettuce and dunked in nuoc cham.
🇮🇩 Gado-Gado
Jakarta, Indonesia · easy · 45 min
Jakarta’s "mix-mix": blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, and egg under warm peanut sauce.
🇹🇷 Lahmacun
Gaziantep, Turkey · medium · 50 min
Paper-thin flatbread blistered under a spiced lamb, pepper, and parsley crust — rolled with lemon and herbs.
🇱🇰 Kottu Roti
Western Province (Colombo), Sri Lanka · easy · 35 min
Chopped flatbread stir-fried with curry, vegetables, and egg on a clanging griddle — Colombo’s midnight anthem.
🇻🇳 Bánh Mì
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · easy · 35 min
A crackly baguette stuffed with pâté, pork, pickled daikon-carrot, cilantro, and chili — French bread reborn in Saigon.
🇮🇱 Sabich
Tel Aviv, Israel · easy · 40 min
Pita stuffed with fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg, hummus, salad, and a drizzle of tangy amba and tahini.
🇮🇱 Jerusalem Mixed Grill
Tel Aviv, Israel · easy · 40 min
Meorav Yerushalmi: chicken and offal seared fast with onion, cumin, and turmeric, stuffed into laffa.
🇨🇳 Youtiao and Soy Milk
Sichuan, China · medium · 35 min
Crisp, airy fried dough sticks dunked into a bowl of warm fresh soy milk — a classic Chinese breakfast.
🇱🇧 Manakish Za'atar
Beirut, Lebanon · medium · 40 min
Flatbread baked with a fragrant za'atar-and-olive-oil topping — the Levantine morning staple.
🇹🇼 Dan Bing
Taipei, Taiwan · easy · 30 min
A soft, chewy egg crepe rolled up and sliced — Taiwan's favorite hot breakfast off the griddle.
🇧🇦 Ćevapi
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina · easy · 40 min
Hand-rolled grilled beef fingers tucked into pillowy somun with raw onion and kajmak — Sarajevo’s pride.
🇨🇾 Sheftalia
Nicosia, Cyprus · medium · 50 min
Herby caul-wrapped sausages of pork and onion, charcoal-grilled and tucked into pita with salad.
🇲🇨 Barbagiuan
Monaco, Monaco · medium · 60 min
Monaco's national bite: little fried pastries stuffed with chard, ricotta, and herbs.
🇲🇹 Pastizzi
Valletta, Malta · medium · 55 min
Diamond-shaped flaky pastries filled with ricotta or mushy peas — Malta's favorite savory bite.
🇹🇹 Doubles
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 70 min
Two soft turmeric flatbreads folded around curried chickpeas, tamarind, and pepper sauce — Trinidad’s street-corner breakfast.
🇻🇪 Cachapas con Queso
Caracas, Venezuela · easy · 35 min
Sweet fresh-corn pancakes griddled golden and folded over melting salty cheese — roadside Venezuela at its best.
🇸🇻 Pupusas con Curtido
San Salvador, El Salvador · medium · 50 min
Hand-patted masa cakes stuffed with cheese and beans, griddled until molten, served with tangy cabbage curtido.
🇭🇳 Baleadas
San Pedro Sula, Honduras · easy · 45 min
A thick flour tortilla folded over refried beans, salty cheese, and crema — Honduras’ perfect handheld meal.
🇺🇸 Philly Cheesesteak
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), United States · easy · 30 min
Thin-shaved ribeye and melted cheese piled into a soft hoagie roll — Philadelphia's greatest sandwich.
🇭🇳 Pollo con Tajadas
San Pedro Sula, Honduras · easy · 50 min
Honduran fried or grilled chicken over crisp green-plantain chips with cabbage slaw and sauces.
🇵🇪 Pan con Chicharrón
Lima, Peru · medium · 60 min
Crisp fried pork and sweet camote layered in a soft roll with tangy salsa criolla — the definitive Lima weekend breakfast sandwich.
🇧🇧 Bajan Saltfish Cakes
Bridgetown, Barbados · easy · 30 min
Crisp, fluffy fritters of salt cod, flour, and herbs fried golden and eaten hot with pepper sauce — a Bajan breakfast and street favorite.