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Akwaba West African Menu

Explore Akwaba West African menu, fresh ingredients, traditional flavors. Serving Denver metro & surrounding areas.

Appetizers Snacks

West African appetizers and snacks made for sharing, sampling, and starting strong.

Nem (egg rolls)

Crisp, golden egg rolls bring a different first bite to the table. Akwaba serves Nem as a snack or appetizer. Add them before your main dish.

$3.12

Nem (egg rolls)

Bofrot (puff puff)

Three lightly sweet West African dough bites with a soft center and golden browned exterior. Small, familiar-looking, unexpectedly different. Start with a trio before your meal.

$2.08

Bofrot (puff puff)

Pastel (meat pie)

Golden pastry wraps around a seasoned meat filling. Flaky outside, meat-filled inside. Grab one when you want something handheld before the main plate or add it alongside your meal.

$3.12

Pastel (meat pie)

Specialty Soups

Explore specialty soups and stews rooted in African tradition, texture and variety.

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Egusi

A traditional Nigerian soup made with ground melon seeds, leafy greens, savory seasonings, and your choice of meat. Rich, hearty, and especially satisfying with fufu.

$23.91

Egusi
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Sweet Potato Leaves

Tender sweet potato leaves cooked with onions, spices, and West African red palm oil. Mild and comforting. Enjoy with fufu, rice, or another main dish.

$23.91

Sweet Potato Leaves
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Tomatoes Red Stew

Tomatoes, onions, and specialty spices make this deep red stew. A different route from the usual. Try it with rice, fufu, chicken, beef, or fish.

$23.91

Tomatoes Red Stew
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Spinach Leave

Fresh spinach, diced onions, spices, and African red palm oil come together in this home-style soup. Light on the palate. Choose fufu or rice.

$23.91

Spinach Leave

Cassava Leaves

Blended cassava leaves prepared with onions, peppers, and African palm oil. Meet a leaf most menus never show. Spoon it over with rice or pair it with fufu.

$23.91

Cassava Leaves

Authentic African Soups

Authentic African soups paired with tilapia, chicken, beef, lamb, goat or snapper.

Pklala (krain krain)

Krain Krain, also called Palava sauce, combines leafy greens with African red palm oil. Soft, slippery texture unlike ordinary soup. Pair with fufu or rice.

$20.79

Pklala (krain krain)
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Palm Butter (with dried okra)

Palm butter comes from ground palm fruit pulp, creating a natural butter-like base with fine okra powder. Thick, reddish texture you don’t meet every day. Enjoy with fufu or rice.

$20.79

Palm Butter (with dried okra)
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Gombo (Okra)

Tender diced okra gives Gombo, a West African soup, its naturally slippery texture. A repeat-order favorite. Take the traditional route with fufu or rice.

$20.79

Gombo (Okra)
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Pepper Soup

Pepper Soup keeps things light but brings the heat. Traditionally enjoyed across West Africa, often with chicken or fish. Add fufu or a side and make it a meal.

$20.79

Pepper Soup
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Peanut Butter Soup

Peanut butter forms the base of this traditional West African soup. Familiar ingredients, unexpected bowl, adjustable heat. Choose mild or spicy, then enjoy with fufu or rice.

$20.79

Peanut Butter Soup

Plain Palm Butter

Vegetarian West African soup from ground palm fruit pulp, creating a butter-like base. No meat or fish, just natural, nutrient-rich goodness. Enjoy with fufu or rice.

$20.79

Plain Palm Butter

Tchep

Senegalese Tchep brings jollof rice and fresh vegetables together in one dish.

Tchep Chicken

Tchep Chicken brings Akwaba’s Senegalese-style jollof rice, seasoned chicken, and vegetables onto one plate. Fresh six days a week. Catch it while it’s in rotation.

$18.71

Tchep Chicken

Tchep Half Fish

Tchep Half Fish brings Senegalese jollof rice, half fish, and fresh vegetables together. One plate, three parts. Akwaba serves the full combination in Aurora.

$18.71

Tchep Half Fish

Tchep Vegetable

Tchep Vegetable brings Senegal’s broken rice, tomato-herb sauce, cabbage and carrots together in one pot. No separate sides. Everything lands together. A full plate, built differently.

$16.63

Tchep Vegetable

Tchep Goat

Tchep Goat brings seasoned goat over Akwaba’s home-style Senegalese jollof rice with vegetables. A plate that skips the familiar. Find it in Aurora or keep eating the usual.

$27.03

Tchep Goat

Tchep Whole Fish

Tchep Whole Fish pairs Akwaba’s Senegalese jollof rice with a whole cooked fish. No half measures. The full fish lands with the rice here. Go whole or move on.

$22.87

Tchep Whole Fish

Tchep Lamb

Tchep Lamb serves spiced lamb with Akwaba’s Senegalese jollof rice. One plate that refuses the predictable. Served in Aurora for the Denver metro.

$23.91

Tchep Lamb

Grilled Meat

Senegalese-style grilled meats with classic sides, including Dibi cut into smaller pieces.

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Lamb Dibi Grilled

Lamb Dibi brings bite-size Senegalese grilled lamb with a spice blend. Four sides enter; one gets the spot: Attieke, Jollof Rice, Fried Plantains, or French fries.

$22.87

Lamb Dibi Grilled

Beef Dibi Grilled

Beef Dibi keeps the grill busy with Senegalese beef, cut into small pieces and seasoned with traditional spices. Different cut, different mood. Find it at Akwaba in Aurora.

$22.87

Beef Dibi Grilled

Chicken Dibi Grilled

Chicken Breast Dibi turns grilled chicken breast into the main event Senegalese-style. Familiar protein, different direction. Pick this when plain chicken isn’t making the cut.

$22.87

Chicken Dibi Grilled
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Grilled Chicken Legs & Thigh

Chicken legs and thighs take the grill with layered seasoning and plenty of character. One plate, zero hesitation, different energy. This chicken order refuses to fade into the background.

$16.63

Grilled Chicken Legs & Thigh

2 Beef Kebabs

Two seasoned beef skewers bring a quick West African switch-up. Sometimes two sticks change the order. Then everything shifts: Different lane, little fire, little detour at Akwaba in Aurora.

$16.63

2 Beef Kebabs

2 Chicken Kebabs

Two chicken kebabs carry West African spices through every piece. Easy to add, built to break routine. Put two into the mix at Akwaba in Aurora.

$16.63

2 Chicken Kebabs

Fried Goat

Fried goat is goat meat fried until lightly crisp on the outside and tender inside. A simple way to enjoy goat meat.

$27.03

Fried Goat

Fish Dishes

Try our fried or grilled fish with classic West African sides and staples.

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Regular Tilapia

Tilapia Regular gives you two roads: fried or grilled. Then choose attieke, plantains, jollof rice, or another side. One fish, your route, in Aurora.

$19.75

Regular Tilapia
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Extra Large Tilapia

Extra Large Tilapia arrives fried or grilled, then you call the side: attieke, plantains, jollof rice, banku, or more. The plate gets serious from there.

$25.99

Extra Large Tilapia

Catfish Filet

Catfish Fillet starts with two directions: golden-fried or fire-grilled. From there, the plate opens up. Bring in attieke, plantains, jollof rice, or your side of choice.

$19.75

Catfish Filet

Red Snapper

Red Snapper keeps dinner from playing small. Fried with crunch or grilled with smoke, it stays center stage. Pair with attieke, plantains, jollof rice, or another side.

$36.39

Red Snapper

Whole Mackerel

Whole Mackerel doesn’t hide in pieces. Choose crisp-fried or flame-grilled, the fish owns the plate. Round it out with attieke, plantains, jollof rice, banku, or whatever side calls you.

$22.87

Whole Mackerel
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Garba (tuna fish meal)

Garba puts tuna in charge, fried or grilled. Then the side lineup gets wide. Choose attieke, fried plantains, French fries, jollof rice, rice and beans, or banku.

$16.63

Garba (tuna fish meal)

Fried Sol Fish

Fried Sol Fish keeps the plate straightforward but far from ordinary. Choose fried or grilled. Bring attieke, plantains, fries, jollof rice, banku, or another side into the mix.

$24.95

Fried Sol Fish

Fried Half Tilapia

Half Tilapia brings crisp edges and a tender center to the plate. Half the fish, still fully in the game. Go with attieke, fried plantains, fries, jollof rice, rice and beans, or banku.

$16.63

Fried Half Tilapia

Side Dish

Sides made to pair with any main dish on the menu.

French Fries

French Fries keep one corner of the plate easy and recognizable. Hot, lightly salted, and ready to dip. Use them to balance any main dish.

$4.15

French Fries

Attieke

Attieke turns cassava into light, couscous-like grains with a gentle tang. A side that quietly changes the plate. Pair it with grilled fish, chicken, or another main.

$5.20

Attieke

White Rice

White Rice keeps the meal grounded with soft, steamed grains served warm. Nothing flashy, and that’s the point. Let the soup, stew, fish, or meat do the talking.

$4.16

White Rice

Jollof Rice

Jollof Rice trades plain for tomato-red color, layered seasoning, and a touch of smoke. The plate changes once it lands. Pick it when you want the side doing more.

$5.20

Jollof Rice

Rice & Beans

Rice and beans bring tender beans and fluffy rice together in one. Two staples, one side, no choosing between them. Put it beside fish, chicken, or anything.

$5.20

Rice & Beans
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Fried Plantains

Golden plantain slices land with natural sweetness and a tender bite. They don’t need much explaining. Add them when the plate needs a softer turn.

$5.20

Fried Plantains

Kebabs

Kebabs bring seasoned skewered bites to the side of the plate. Small add-on, bigger change of pace. Drop them beside any West African main.

$5.20

Kebabs

Fried Rice

Fried Rice gives the side of the plate more going on. Vegetables, rice, and seasoning all show up. Use it with West African meats or anything saucy.

$5.20

Fried Rice
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Fufu

Fufu is a West African staple made for soups and stews. Tear, dip, scoop, skip the spoon, fork for a traditional route. Choose plantain, yam, cassava, or banku.

$5.20

Fufu

Nigerian Jollof

Nigerian Jollof cooks rice through a deep tomato blend until every grain carries color. This side comes with its own identity. Put it beside meat, fish or stew.

$5.20

Nigerian Jollof

Drinks

Bold drinks, classic sodas, and malts made to match every meal at Akwaba.

Plain Ginger Beer

Jamaican Plain Ginger Beer brings fizz with a gingery kick. Cold, sharp and built to cut through the meal. Pair it with fufu, rice, soup, or anything.

$4.68

Plain Ginger Beer

Pineapple Ginger Beer

Jamaican Pineapple Ginger Beer mixes tropical sweetness with a lively ginger bite. Bright, crisp, and anything but ordinary. Let it cool down spicy soups, fufu, or rice dishes.

$4.68

Pineapple Ginger Beer

Malt Vita Classic

Malt Vita Classic brings deep malt flavor with a full-bodied finish. A darker sip, a different break. Have it with soups, fufu, rice or mains.

$4.16

Malt Vita Classic

Power Malt Extra Energy

Power Malt Extra Energy pours sweet malt flavor with a creamy finish. More than a background drink. Reach for it with soups, fufu, rice or a main dish.

$4.16

Power Malt Extra Energy

Can Soda Original Taste

Pick Coca-Cola, Sprite, Pepsi, or another canned favorite. Bubbles, no guessing. Keep one beside grilled meats, Yassa, or whatever lands on the table.

$0.00

Can Soda Original Taste

Bottle Soda Original Taste

Choose Coca-Cola, Sprite, Pepsi, or another bottled favorite. Cold bottle, familiar taste, easy reset between bites. Keep it close for soups, grilled plates, or whatever runs hot.

$3.12

Bottle Soda Original Taste

Yassa Meals

Senegalese Yassa with fried onion stew and your choice of rice or plantains.

Half Fish Yassa

Senegalese Half Fish Yassa comes covered in fried onion stew. A softer move, far from plain. The stew wraps around every bite Finish with white rice, jollof or fried plantains.

$17.69

Half Fish Yassa

Whole Fish Yassa

Whole Fish Yassa keeps nothing small, whole fish, onion stew, full plate. The stew settles into every section. Take it with white rice, jollof rice or fried plantains.

$22.87

Whole Fish Yassa

Chicken Yassa

Chicken Yassa brings chicken and caramelized onion stew together with bold seasoning. Nothing rushed here. Set it beside white rice, jollof rice or fried plantains.

$17.67

Chicken Yassa

Chicken Yassa Large

Chicken Yassa Large takes the regular order further with one extra chicken piece in caramelized onion stew. More room to dig in. Go white rice, jollof rice or fried plantains.

$22.87

Chicken Yassa Large

No Meat Soups

Vegetarian West African soups served with fufu or rice, no meat added.

Vegetarian Authentic Soup

Akwaba’s vegetarian authentic soups keep meat off the menu without losing the tradition. Steaming hot, full bowl. Choose fufu or rice and follow the meat-free route.

$18.71

Vegetarian Authentic Soup

Vegetarian Specialty Soup

Vegetarian specialty soup takes Akwaba’s no-meat route beyond the familiar. A meat-free bowl with its own lane. Choose fufu or rice and keep the meal moving.

$20.79

Vegetarian Specialty Soup

Juices

West African-inspired juices bringing bright fruit, spice, and refreshment to every meal.

Ginger Juice

West African-style Ginger Juice comes small or large, with a sharp ginger kick and cool finish. One sip wakes the table up. Pick your size and reset between bites.

$3.12

Ginger Juice

Bissap Hibiscus Flowers

Bissap hibiscus flowers come small or large with a sweet-tangy pull. Floral, chilled, and easy to notice. Choose your size and let the drink change the pace.

$3.12

Bissap Hibiscus Flowers

Passion Fruit

Passion Fruit brings tropical sweetness with a tangy edge, served small or large. Golden fruit flavor keeps things lively. Let it brighten whatever lands on your plate.

$3.12

Passion Fruit

Caprisun

Caprisun keeps it simple with fruity flavor in a grab-and-go pouch. No cup, no fuss. Tuck one beside any Akwaba meal and keep things easy.

$1.56

Caprisun

Bottle Water

Bottle Water does one job and gets out of the way. Cold, clean, no extra noise. Reach for it when the food should keep all the attention.

$1.04

Bottle Water

Degue Millet Yogurt

Degue Millet Yogurt blends creamy yogurt with millet grains, a traditional West African pairing. Spoonable, lightly textured, and outside the usual dessert lane. Save room for it.

$5.20

Degue  Millet Yogurt

Catering Services

Catering trays filled with West African favorites for parties, events and gatherings.

Bofrot Puff Puff - Group Size

Bofrot Puff Puff comes ready for bigger gatherings. A large tray feeds about 40 to 50 people. Set it out and let the crowd work through it.

$100.00

Bofrot Puff Puff - Group Size

Fried Fish - Group Size

Fried Fish Group Size moves from small gathering to large room catering. The small tray feeds 10 to 15 people, the medium tray serves 15 to 25 people, and the large tray satisfies 30 to 40 people. Choose the best tray before the headcount chooses for you.

$80.00

Fried Fish - Group Size

Grilled Chicken - Group Size

Grilled Chicken Group Size is built to show up when more seats get filled. A small tray feeds 10 to 15 people, a medium tray serves about 15 to 20 people, and a large tray satisfies 30 to 40 people. Match the size to the gathering.

$70.00

Grilled Chicken - Group Size

Jollof Rice - Group Size

Jollof Rice Group Size knows how to carry a crowd. The small tray feeds 10 to 20 people, the medium tray serves about 20 to 30 people and the large tray satisfies 30 to 40 people. Bring the tray that keeps the table moving.

$50.00

Jollof Rice - Group Size

Fried Plantains - Group Size

Fried Plantains Group Size brings a sweet edge to the catering table. A small tray feeds 15 to 25 people, a medium tray serves 20 to 30 people, and a large tray satisfies 40 to 50 people. Choose the size before the tray starts disappearing.

$80.00

Fried Plantains - Group Size

Beef / Lamb Dibi - Group Size

Beef or Lamb Dibi Group Size gives the guest list a grilled centerpiece. A small tray feeds about 10 people, and a large tray serves 30 to 40 people. Go beef or lamb and build from there.

$120.00

Beef / Lamb Dibi - Group Size

Pastel - Meat Pie

Pastel Meat Pies keep catering simple when people want something easy to grab. Just $3 for each. Custom pricing is available for small, medium, and large trays. Size it for the room.

$3.00

Pastel - Meat Pie

Ginger Juice - 1 Gallon

One gallon of Ginger Juice brings West African’s sharp ginger kick to the whole gathering. Pour, pass, repeat. Built for catering tables, group meals, and celebrations.

$30.00

Ginger Juice - 1 Gallon

Bissap Hibiscus Flowers - 1 Gallon

Bissap in a one-gallon size is built for sharing across the catering table. Bright hibiscus flavor travels well. Pour it through celebrations, office events, or family gatherings.

$30.00

Bissap Hibiscus Flowers - 1 Gallon

Fried Rice - Group Size

West African-style Fried Rice brings mixed vegetables across every catering tray. The small tray feeds 10 to 20 people, the medium tray serves about 20 to 30 people, and the large tray satisfies 30 to 40 people. Let the headcount decide how much rice hits the table.

$50.00

Fried Rice - Group Size

Attieke - Group Size

Attieke brings cassava couscous to the catering spread. The small tray feeds 10 to 20 people, and the large tray serves 30 to 40 people. Pick the size that gives every plate a scoop.

$50.00

Attieke - Group Size
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