Senegal | Rice dish

Ceebu Yapp

Name: Ceebu Yapp
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 6 plates
Cuisine: Senegal, West Africa
Ingredients: 900 g beef or lamb, cut in chunks; 3 cups broken jasmine rice, rinsed; 2 large onions, chopped; 4 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp Dijon mustard; 3 medium carrots, cut large; ½ head cabbage, wedged; 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper, left whole; 5 cups stock or water; ¼ cup oil; salt and pepper, to taste

Senegalese meat and rice cooked with vegetables, onion, mustard, garlic, chile, and rich stock.

Country

Senegal

Region

West Africa

Time

125 min

Serves

Level

medium

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Recipe overview

What to know before you cook

Ceebu yapp is Senegal's meat rice cousin to thieboudienne. The rice absorbs a deeply seasoned meat stock, with vegetables and a bright onion-mustard profile.

What the dish tastes like

Senegalese meat and rice cooked with vegetables, onion, mustard, garlic, chile, and rich stock.

When to cook it

Best for Best for family lunch, large pots, and rice-centered gatherings., with a medium cooking level and about 125 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Cucumber salad, hot pepper sauce, or simple pickled vegetables.

Regional lane

Rice and one-pot table. Rice-centered dishes where the seasoning base, fish, meat, or vegetables cook into the grain.

Chef watch-outs

Adding too much liquid after the rice goes in.
Stirring too often once the grains should be steaming.
Rushing the base before the raw edge has cooked out.

How you know it is ready

The grains should be tender but still distinct, with steam carrying the seasoning upward.
The aroma should smell rounded rather than raw or sharp.
Oil, sauce, broth, or steam should look settled and deliberate.

Pantry lane

broken rice, dried fish, netetou, peanut paste, tamarind

Chef board

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Cucumber salad, hot pepper sauce, or simple pickled vegetables.

Best route from here

Rice and one-pot table

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Senegalese Rice and Yassa Table

Servings 6

Scale the dish before you shop, then use the checklist while you cook.

Ingredients

For 6 plates

Rice dish

How to cook it

Step-by-step method

Keep the rhythm calm, watch the texture, and adjust seasoning at the end.

Back to Senegal

4 steps 125 min total medium

Brown meat

Season and brown meat in oil until well colored.

brown meat 15:00

Build stock

Add onions, garlic, mustard, pepper, vegetables, and stock. Simmer until meat is tender.

meat stock 50:00

Cook rice

Remove vegetables, add rinsed rice to the stock, and cook covered until liquid is absorbed.

rice 25:00

Steam and serve

Steam on low heat, then serve rice with meat and vegetables on top.

steam 10:00

Beef, lamb, or goat can be used, and vegetables shift by market and household.

Ceebu Yapp

What to know before you cook

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Step-by-step method

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