Hoyos Chicken Suqaar appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Hoyo's chicken suqaar · Columbus
Diced chicken thigh simmered with onion, green pepper and Somali spices, served over rice with a side of banana. Hoyo's chicken suqaar at North Market is the city's reference Somali stew.
Chicken suqaar is a Somali home dish of diced meat stewed with onion, garlic and a warm spice blend (cumin, coriander, cardamom). Hoyo's Kitchen brought it from home cooking to mainstream Columbus through the North Market counter in 2014. The Hoyo's family arrived in Columbus from Somalia in the 1990s as part of the Twin Cities-Columbus refugee resettlement; the banana side is the traditional Somali sweet finish.
Where to eat in Columbus:
- Hoyo's Kitchen
- Hoyo's Kitchen North Market