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Senegalese Tomatoes Recipes

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

These 7 senegalese tomatoes recipes are ready in about 119 minutes on average, with 360–680 kcal per serving, and 14% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.

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119 min

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549 kcal

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How Senegalese cuisine cooks with tomatoes

Senegalese cuisine — Thieboudienne, yassa, mafé — bold, aromatic dishes from Senegal's rich culinary tradition — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Senegalese cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, frying, boiling and braising.

Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with tomato paste, onions, bone-in lamb shoulder, carrots, garlic and cabbage. The dishes here span senegalese classics ready in as little as 60 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

7 Senegalese Tomatoes Recipes

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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

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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

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Senegalese Maafé (Peanut Stew)

Rich, deeply savory Senegalese peanut butter stew with beef and vegetables — West Africa's most comforting dish.

⏱ 110 min🔥 520 kcalMedium

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Senegalese Caldou (Fish and Rice with Lemon)

Light Senegalese fish rice dish in a lemony, fragrant broth — a refreshing alternative to the richer thieboudienne.

⏱ 60 min🔥 360 kcalEasy

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Mafé (Senegalese Peanut Stew)

West Africa's great peanut stew — lamb or beef slow-braised in a rich, earthy groundnut sauce with tomatoes and vegetables. Deeply satisfying, warmly spiced and velvety smooth.

⏱ 110 min🔥 560 kcalMedium

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Thiébou Yapp

Senegalese lamb and rice — the meat companion to thiéboudienne, slow-cooked in rich tomato sauce with vegetables.

⏱ 150 min🔥 540 kcalMedium

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Thieboudienne (Senegalese Fish and Jollof Rice)

Senegal's national dish — broken jasmine rice cooked in a deeply spiced tomato and fish broth, served with whole stuffed fish, root vegetables and a tamarind sauce.

⏱ 160 min🔥 680 kcalHard

Choosing & preparing tomatoes

How to choose

Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.

Prep & storage

Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.

Nutrition

A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.

Classic flavour partners: basil, garlic, olive oil, mozzarella, onion, oregano

Senegalese Tomatoes Recipes — FAQ

How long do Senegalese tomatoes recipes take to make?

Most of these 7 Senegalese tomatoes recipes are ready in around 119 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Senegalese Caldou (Fish and Rice with Lemon), takes about 60 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 160 minutes.

How many calories are in Senegalese tomatoes dishes?

Across this collection they range from about 360 to 680 kcal per serving, averaging 549 kcal — Senegalese Caldou (Fish and Rice with Lemon) is the lightest option at 360 kcal.

What is the easiest Senegalese tomatoes recipe for beginners?

Senegalese Caldou (Fish and Rice with Lemon) is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 60 minutes. 14% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.

What goes well with tomatoes in Senegalese cooking?

In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with tomato paste, onions, bone-in lamb shoulder, carrots, garlic and cabbage. Senegalese kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.