I’m a foodie by all standards. I am a food lover so much that I had to create a list of Top 10 Nigerian Street Foods for you to try out. If there’s a criterion to judge and decide who the world’s greatest foodie is, I am sure I’d be the winner of that show, but let’s keep our fingers crossed. My interest in food led me to create a list of Nigeria’s Top Foods, You can read that HERE.
So let’s have it.
TOP 10 NIGERIAN STREET FOODS
1: Suya
First of all, make way for the king of Naija Street Food. No other food can beat this. Either beef suya or chicken suya, suya reigns supreme in the life of Nigerians. Pro tip about this amazing meal: the cloak of darkness at night adds to its sweetness (a Nigerian myth though). It simply means that it is mostly eaten at night.
2: Plantain
Where suya is king, plantain is king. Nigerians have a fun prayer that says, “may I not experience any sickness that will prevent me from eating plantain”. The uniqueness and variety of this plant make it top street food. The ripe plantain is fried and made into dodo, while the unripe is also fried and made into plantain chips. Overripe plantains are made into dodo ikire. Also fried, majorly made in a Yoruba town called Ikire in Osun State. Chief of all is boli. Boli is roasted Plantain.
