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Cuisine: Senegal

Senegal: Thiéboudienne

Cooking Time: 2 hours
Thiéboudienne (pronounced CHEH bu JEN) is the national dish of Senegal.  The name of the dish is the French transcription of the Wolof words ceebu jën meaning “rice” (ceeb) and “fish” (jën).  Wolof is a language of Senegal, but not the official language – that’s French.  Senegal was a colony of France until 1960....