Monkey meat is the flesh and other edible parts derived from monkeys, a kind of bushmeat. Human consumption of monkey meat has been historically recorded in numerous parts of the world, including multiple Asian and African nations. Monkey meat quail soup benefits has been reported in parts of Europe and the Americas as well.

A 2014 documentary by Vice News found that Liberia has a burgeoning monkey meat industry, with locals describing it as a “sweet” meat and expressing indifference to the risk of contracting the Ebola virus disease associated with monkey meat consumption in Africa. Approximately 80 percent of all meat consumed in Cameroon is some form of bushmeat. Flesh from monkeys and apes is prized for its supposed succulence, with approximately 3,000 gorillas killed each year for illegal meat markets. Consumption of monkey meat is reportedly legal and popular in the country where hunger is widespread.

Bari tribe members have shied away from the practice because of how similar monkeys look to humans. On an unknown date, Brazilian Facebook user Bettynho Zigindum posted an image album to his personal account, which has since been removed. In the post, he mentions that his mother-in-law prepared him monkey soup and proceeds to display several pictures where a monkey is shown skinless and torn to pieces before being cooked into a soup. The earliest archived picture of the album comes from the Brazilian comedy aggregator site Arreganho, posted on March 30th, 2016. A 2007 report by The New York Times documented several instances of monkey meat being secretly imported into the United States under the guise of other meats. It is illegal to import bushmeat into the United States. Spider monkey dishes are popular among natives from Southern Mexico.

They are hunted yearlong despite being prohibited between March 1 and October 31. In Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, consumption of monkey meat was popular prior to the 2010s. In October 2016, a raid was conducted on a market in Stung Treng, and resulted in the confiscation of two kilograms of dried monkey meat. Chinese cuisine, and is also believed to have medicinal qualities.