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What to eat in Libya

The 10 best dishes in Libya

Mediterranean, Italian and Saharan cooking.

1

Bazeen

Eaten all over Libya

A dome of barley dough in a lamb and tomato stew, eaten by hand.

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2

Couscous with lamb

Eaten all over Libya

Steamed couscous with lamb and vegetables.

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3

Shorba Libiya

Best: Everywhere in Ramadan

Lamb and orzo soup with mint.

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4

Usban

Eaten all over Libya

Sausage stuffed with rice, herbs and offal.

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Mbatten

Best: Tripoli

Fried potato slices stuffed with meat.

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Rishda

Eaten all over Libya

Homemade noodles in tomato and chickpea sauce.

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Asida

Eaten all over Libya

Wheat dough with date syrup and butter.

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Mbakbaka

Best: Tripoli

Pasta cooked in a spicy tomato sauce.

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Ghreyba

Eaten all over Libya

Crumbly, melt-away shortbread cookies made with butter or oil, often with an almond pressed on top.

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10

Libyan tuna

Best: The coast

Tuna caught off the Libyan coast and preserved in oil, eaten with harissa, olives and bread.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.