The main Moroccan dish people are most familiar with is couscous; beef is the most commonly eaten red meat in Morocco, usually eaten in a tagine with a wide selection of vegetables. Chicken is also very commonly used in tagines or roasted. They also use additional ingredients such as plums, boiled eggs, and lemon.
FISH CHERMOULA
HARIRA
KAAB EL GHAZAL
KHOBZ
Kefta Meatball Tagine
Lamb or Beef with Prunes
MAKOUDA
MINT TEA
Mechoui
Nuts and Olives
Rfissa
SHEBAKIA OR CHEBAKIA
Babbouche
SPICY SARDINES
STEAMED SHEEP HEAD
STUFFED CAMEL SPLEEN
TAGINE
TANJIA OR TANGIA
ZALOUK
AUBERGINE OR MOROCCAN EGGPLANT FRITTERS
BASTILLA CHICKEN OR PIGEON PIE
BISSARA
BRIWAT OR BRIOUATS
BROCHETTES
Baba Ghanoush
Baklava
COUSCOUS NATIONAL DISH OF MOROCCO
CRUMBED LIVER
Chicken with Preserved Lemon and Olives
Chickpea Stew
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TAGINE
It’s a clay cooking pot with a conical lid with multiple types of dishes slow cooked inside (beef, lamb, chicken, veggies, etc).
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Couscous is originally from Morocco and typically served with meat or vegetable stew. Traditionally, they prepare couscous on the Muslim holy day (Friday) and for special occasions, but you can find it at most restaurants and cafes.
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Zalouk (also spelled zaalouk) is a common side dish and typically served with crusty bread. The spread is made with eggplants, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and spices..
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Chermoula is a mix of herbs and spices used when grilling or baking fish and seafood. Depending on the mix, you’ll get flavors of onion, coriander, chili peppers, or saffron. Often times you’ll see it as a dipping sauce too..
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Harira is basically a Moroccan lentil soup usually served as a starter or used during Ramadan to break the fast at dusk.
BASTILLA (CHICKEN OR PIGEON PIE)
If you love the mix of sweet and salty flavors than you definitely need to try bastilla (also spelled pastilla). This flaky pie is traditionally made with pigeon, but more commonly served with chicken now.
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KHOBZ’
This crusty bread is typically baked in communal wood-fired ovens and served with a lot of meals. Also, be sure to check out all the other breads in Morocco, like the harcha (a buttery bread), rghaif (a flaky flat bread), or baghira (spongy crumpet). Yes, give me all the carbs!.
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During the festival of Eid al-Adha, everyone slaughters a sheep and then steams the head for hours. You can typically purchase a half or whole head and enjoy it with cumin, salt, and chili. The whole head is edible, but the best parts are the tender cheek meat and tongue. Would you try it?.
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a delicious, Mediterranean appetizer salad dip made with flame roasted eggplants and Tahini sauce.
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Everyone has his or her own version of mint tea, which is the drink of choice in Morocco. It’s a green tea base with lots of mint leaves and sugar.
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Morocco is the world’s largest exporter of sardines. Naturally, they serve it all over the country. Stuffed and cooked with a spicy chermoula sauce, they deep fry the fish for a tasty snack..
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Bissara is a rich and hearty soup made from dried fava beans and commonly served during breakfast. Typically it will be topped with fresh olive oil and a sprinkle of cumin.
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This is one of the Moroccan foods you can try with a side of fries or in a sandwich, but the smooth and buttery calves’ livers is a delicious fried dish.
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Chicken tagine is a classic Moroccan dish made in a special pot called a tagine and usually features preserved lemons and olives.
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These tasty kebabs are rubbed in salt and spices and can be found in a lot of the markets. You can get chicken, lamb, or beef and the enormous clouds of smoke
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Aubergine, or eggplant, is common in a few different dishes in Morocco, but be sure to try the fritters. They slice the eggplant then dip them in a paprika batter before deep-frying them for a delicious side dish.
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Snail soup is a Moroccan dish you can find all over the country. Use a toothpick to pick out the snails from the shells then slurp up to the soup. Locals believe the broth is good for digestion and fever.
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Taking on the form of a sausage, stuff camel spleen is soft and creamy. It’s usually filled with beef or lamb, olives, spices, and a bit of hump fat. It’s typically served in a sandwich.
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Tangia, like tagine, is a clay pot. These dishes are named after the cooking vessels they use. It’s traditionally filled with chunks of beef or lamb and a bunch of spices, then slow cooked in the embers of a furnace.
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Kaab el Ghazal, or gazelle horns, are crescent-shaped pastries have almond paste scented with orange flower water and cinnamon.
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You can’t leave Morocco without having some of these delicious sweets! Briwat is a deep fried filo pastry. It is in shaped like a triangle and filled with almonds.
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Another delicious dessert, shebakia is a flower-shaped, fried sesame cookie dipped in honey. You’ll usually find bees all over them in the markets, and they just shoo them away before serving them to you. It’s all part of the experience.
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It’s made with layers of phyllo pastry that are baked and then soaked with syrup and topped or filled with nuts. There are all kinds of shapes and variations of baklava,
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