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Senegalese Rice Recipes

5 recipes using rice — Thieboudienne, yassa, mafé — bold, aromatic dishes from Senegal's rich culinary tradition.

Senegalese cuisine is famous for its bold, distinctive flavours. These senegalese rice recipes range from quick weeknight dishes ready in under 30 minutes to impressive weekend feasts. Each recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions, and full calorie counts per serving.

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Thieboudienne

Senegal's national dish — whole fish stuffed with parsley and chilli, simmered with tomatoes and vegetables, then served on deeply flavoured red rice.

⏱ 120 min🔥 620 kcalHard

★4.8(421)

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Thiébou Yapp — Senegalese Lamb and Rice

The meat version of Senegal's national dish: fragrant one-pot rice cooked in a rich tomato and onion broth with slow-braised lamb and vegetables.

⏱ 150 min🔥 620 kcalMedium

★4.8(1,032)

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Thiéboudienne

Senegal's national dish — a hearty one-pot meal of rice cooked in rich tomato-fish broth with vegetables, deeply flavored with fermented fish and herbs.

⏱ 120 min🔥 620 kcalHard

★4.8(1,120)

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Benachin

A Senegalese one-pot rice dish — the Wolof ancestor of the West African jollof rice, cooked in spiced tomato broth with chicken, vegetables, and whole scotch bonnet peppers.

⏱ 95 min🔥 560 kcalMedium

★4.8(780)

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