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Thieboudienne (pronounced 'Ceebu Jen' or Chee-boo-Jen) is the National dish of Senegal and is comprised of stewed broken jasmine rice and vegetables served with marinated fish. This Thieboudienne/ thiebou dieune recipe is a mouth watering rice and fish dish that is like nothing I had before. Senegalese Jollof rice dish also is known as Ceebu Jen in Wolof language, riz au poisson or thiebou dieune in French, all of which literally means: rice and fish. Pronounced 'cheb-o-jen' is the quintessential Senegalese dish.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook thieboudienne (senegalese jollof rice) using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Thieboudienne (Senegalese Jollof Rice):

1. Get For the fish,
2. Get 1 handful spring onions
3. Make ready 3 scotch bonnet pepper
4. Take 3 cloves garlic
5. Prepare 1 teaspoon black pepper
6. Get 2 stock cube
7. Take to taste Salt
8. Get Oil
9. Take 2 big cat fish,or any fish of your choice
10. Make ready For the rice,
11. Take 3 cups short grain rice (washed)
12. Take 1 sweet potato (peeled and cut)
13. Take 6 baby carrots (peeled)
14. Prepare 1/2 (1 head) cabbage (cut in chunks)
15. Get 1 cup vegetable oil
16. Take 3 bell peppers (chopped)
17. Get 1 cup tomato paste
18. Get 1 large onion sliced
19. Take 3 bay leaves
20. Take Stock cube and salt to taste

Thieboudienne is a classic fish and rice dish from Senegal, and can be considered a jollof rice with a twist. This is a very versatile and flavourful Senegalese dish - the new savoury addition to your dinner recipes. Thieboudienne or Ceebu jën, which means rice and fish in Wolof, is the most famous dish of Senegal and can be considered its national dish. Its main ingredients are rice, fish and tomato sauce.

Instructions to make Thieboudienne (Senegalese Jollof Rice):

1. In a blender,blend the spring onions,scotch bonnet pepper,garlic,black pepper and stock cube with oil
2. Marinate the fish with minutes,fry the fish on both sides until golden brown,and set aside for the sauce.
3. Using the same vegetable oil for the fish,pour in 1 cup into a pot over medium heat,add sliced onions,stir until translucent,then add the tomato paste and any remnants of the fish marinade,fry for a few minutes,add in the bay leaves.
4. At this stage add in water,seasoning and salt to taste,bring to boil,add in tough vegetables first,in this case thes potatoes and the carrots in the sauce boil till tender and remove.Add the fish and cabbage, once the cabbage and fish has simmered insauce for 5 minutes gently remove it from the sauce.
5. Add in the washed rice,adjust the amount of water at this stage if needed,cover the pot and simmer on low heat,cook for 15-20 minutes.
6. Check the rice for softness,add the chopped bell peppers stir to mix and let it cook for 1 minute, and take off the heat,serve hot with vegetables and fish.
7. Tips: you can also use other vegetables like okra and eggplant.

Thieboudienne or Ceebu jën, which means rice and fish in Wolof, is the most famous dish of Senegal and can be considered its national dish. Its main ingredients are rice, fish and tomato sauce. Thieboudienne can alsobe found in neighboring countries such as Mauritania and Gambia. Called 'che-boo-jen', thieboudienne is the most popular dish in Senegal, but several versions of this prevail all across the Sahel region and West Africa. From another perspective, it is the jollof rice of Senegal and Ghana, but that comparison might be unfair to either.

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