Tag: Senegal

Serving of Senegalese-style mafé
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Mafé, or Maafe

Mafé, known in English as groundnut stew, is an iconic African dish, popular throughout West Africa. This rich meat stew is thickened with ground peanuts.

Serving bowl of ceebu jen garnished with hard-boiled eggs
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Ceebu Jen

A Wolof term meaning "rice and fish," ceebu jen is a tomatoey mix of fish, rice and cooked vegetables that shows a strong resemblance to Spanish paella and Creole jambalaya.

Poulet Yassa (Senegalese chicken with lemon and onions)
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Poulet Yassa

In this West African chicken dish, a long marinade in lemon juice tenderizes the chicken and gives it an incomparable flavor.

Akkra with a filling
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Akkra

Akkra bean fritters originated in Western Africa, but with the slave trade, they spread to the Caribbean and Brazil.