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Pasta & rice

Ceebu Yapp

A Senegalese rice variant with beef or lamb, cooked slowly in a spiced tomato sauce. The broken rice soaks up all the juices and turns a beautiful red.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Marinade

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Instructions

  1. Cut the meat into large pieces and marinate for 20 minutes with crushed garlic, oil, salt, pepper and paprika.
  2. Brown the meat in hot oil for 8 to 10 minutes, then set it aside.
  3. Sauté the sliced onions, add the garlic and tomato paste, then the blended tomatoes. Let reduce for 15 minutes.
  4. Return the meat, add the bay leaf, thyme, chilli and 1.5 l of water. Simmer for 45 minutes with the lid on.
  5. Add the carrots and cabbage cut into pieces, and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
  6. Remove the vegetables and meat, then cook the rinsed broken rice in the stock until absorbed, about 25 minutes.
  7. Return the vegetables and meat to the rice, cover and heat for 5 minutes.
  8. Serve hot on a communal platter.

Variations and tips

Chicken version. Replace the meat with chicken drumsticks and reduce the cooking time by 15 minutes.

Lighter version. Use less oil and add more vegetables such as aubergine.

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