Alloco is a Ivorian

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 snack

Snack

A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like potato chips or baby carrots—but could also simply be a smaller amount of any food item.-Snacks and health:...

 made from fried plantain

Fried plantain

Fried plantain is an African dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa through Central Africa to East Africa. It is called alloco in Côte d'Ivoire and dodo in Nigeria. Kelewele is a fried plantain dish of Ghana....

. It is often served with chili pepper

Chili pepper

Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...

 and onions. It is predominantly popular in the Ivory Coast and the surrounding African nations.

Alloco is widely used as fast-food and is sold on the Streets of Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. An area with many grilled meat and alloco food vendors in the Cocody neighborhood is named allocodromo after this dish.