Senegalese Hot Sauce

Name: Senegalese Hot Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (350 ml)
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: about 10 habaneroes (80 g) Habanero; about ½ onion (75 g) Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; about 1½ tomatoes (240 g) Tomato; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lemon Juice; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Serigne Mbaye recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Serigne Mbaye.

CONDIMENT · JOLLOF, GRILLED MEATS & EGGS

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for jollof rice.

Serigne Mbaye's Senegalese hot sauce for jollof.

On the jar

SENEGALESE

Method: blend
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 7

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lemon Juice 30 mlVegetable Oil 30 ml

Ingredients

Habaneroabout 10 habaneroes (80 g)
Onionabout ½ onion (75 g)
Garlic4 cloves
Tomatoabout 1½ tomatoes (240 g)
Lemon Juice2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Vegetable Oil2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Salt1 tsp (6 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Senegalese / West African–Creole chef of Dakar NOLA in New Orleans; James Beard Best Chef: South 2026. Touches of Wolof cooking meeting Louisiana Gulf pantry.

Originally published as Senegalese Hot Sauce (Kani).

Adapted from a Serigne Mbaye recipe (Dakar NOLA / West African hot sauce).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Dakar NOLA / West African hot sauce (published as “Senegalese Hot Sauce (Kani)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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