Senegal | Main dish

Dibi

Senegalese grilled lamb or meat seasoned simply, grilled over high heat, and served with mustard-onion sauce.

Country
Senegal
Region
West Africa
Time
55 min
Serves
4
Level
medium
Recipe overview

What to know before you cook

Dibi is Senegalese grilled meat culture: smoky lamb or beef, simple seasoning, hot fire, and a sharp mustard-onion sauce that cuts through the richness.

What the dish tastes like

Senegalese grilled lamb or meat seasoned simply, grilled over high heat, and served with mustard-onion sauce.

When to cook it

Best for Best for grilling, gatherings, and street-food-style dinners., with a medium cooking level and about 55 minutes total.

What to serve alongside it

Mustard onions, bread, fries, salad, or hot pepper.

Regional lane

Street and sweet table. Market snacks, bean sandwiches, grills, and millet desserts.

Chef watch-outs
  • Skipping the resting time after grilling.
  • Rushing the base before the raw edge has cooked out.
  • Adding all seasoning early and forgetting to adjust at the end.
How you know it is ready
  • The surface should be deeply colored while the center stays juicy.
  • 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

Build the table around Dibi

Mustard onions, bread, fries, salad, or hot pepper.

Best route from here

Street and sweet table

Collections to keep cooking
Servings 4

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

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 55 min total medium
1
Season meat
Rub meat with oil, garlic, pepper, and salt. Rest briefly.
marinate 30:00
2
Prepare onions
Toss onions with mustard, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
onions 05:00
3
Grill hot
Grill meat over high heat, turning until charred outside and cooked through.
grill 20:00
4
Rest and serve
Rest meat, then serve with mustard onions and bread or fries.
rest 05:00

Lamb is common, but beef or goat may be used. Seasoning can stay simple or include garlic, chile, and stock powder.