Thieboudienne (ceebu jen)
Thieboudienne is a traditional celebration dish from west Africa that is sure to brighten even the most grey of winter days! A really special festival of flavour!
Ingredients
2 onions Parsley Pepper
1 stock cube
1.5 kg lean fish (grouper, haddock, gilt-head bream, threadfin, etc.)
200 ml olive oil 1 chilli
150 g tomato purée
4 fresh tomatoes
2 carrots
1 turnip
1 green pepper
1 cauliflower
1 small white cabbage
1 sweet potato (optional)
100 g dried fish (e.g. from a Chinese supermarket)
Salt
Method
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Step 1 - Preparing the stuffing:
Purée the garlic, an onion, pepper, stock cube and parsley in a blender. -
Step 2 - Preparing the fish:
Wash the fish. Score the surface and stud with the stuffing so the fish takes on the flavours. -
Step 3 - Preparing the Thieboudienne:
Heat the oil in a casserole dish and sauté the remaining finely chopped onion. Add the chilli and tomato purée. Chop the tomatoes and add them as well. Put in the fish, cover and leave to cook for 10 minutes. -
Step 4
Peel and chop the vegetables and add the chopped dried fish. -
Step 5
Add 1 litre of water and season with salt. Leave everything to cook for 30 to 40 minutes. -
Step 6
At the end of the cooking time, put the fish and the vegetables (and some of the liquid) into a bowl and put the cooking juices to one side. -
Step 7
Cook the rice, then immerse in the cooking juices. It should take around 15 minutes to cook until it’s well done. If necessary, add some water during cooking.
Georg Krüger
Thieboudienne or ceebu jen is one of my mother-in-law’s recipes from west Africa. Thieboudienne is a popular celebration dish in west African countries. The term comes from Wolof and essentially means ‘fish with rice’. The dish is usually prepared using fresh ‘figud´indi’ and/or macco. The fish is stuffed with a mix of onion and herbs and placed on the rice after cooking. Both of them are then mixed with sauce and vegetables. It’s rather complicated to prepare and takes around two hours. (Wikipedia)
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