Ethiopian Spicy Chicken Stew Recipes

DORO WAT (ETHIOPIAN SPICED CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Place the chicken pieces in a bowl and pour lemon juice over. Let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
• Heat the niter kibbeh or butter along with the olive oil in a Dutch oven. Add the onions and saute, covered, over low heat for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the garlic, ginger, and 1 tablespoon butter and continue to saute, covered, for another 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the berbere and the 2 remaining tablespoons of butter and saute, covered, over low heat for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the chicken, broth, salt and wine and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Adjust the seasonings, adding more berbere according to heat preference. Add the boiled eggs and simmer on low heat, covered, for another 15 minutes.
• Half or quarter the eggs and arrange on the plates with the stew. Serve hot with injera, bread or rice.

SPICY ETHIOPIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients in small bowl.
• Sprinkle chicken on both sides.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add chicken and sauté until brown, about 4 minutes on each side.
• Transfer to plate.
• Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in same skillet.
• Add onion and sauté for 3 minutes.
• Add ginger and sauté for 1 minute.
• Return chicken to skillet.
• Add 1 cup water and bring up to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, for about 7 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to 2 plates and cover with foil.
• Increase heat to boil and boil sauce until slightly thickened, for about 7 minutes.
• Season salt with salt and pepper.
• Spoon over chicken.

ETHIOPIAN CHICKEN AND ONION STEW

Steps:

• Place split chicken breasts in a large bowl; add lime and water. Let stand while you prepare sauce.
• Combine allspice, ginger, pepper and garlic in a mortar and mash to a paste with a pestle or grind in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Add cayenne, cardamom and cloves and mix again set aside.
• Heat a large, deep sauté pan or casserole over medium heat. Without using any fat, add onions and stir constantly until some moisture has been released. Cook, stirring often, until onions are soft and somewhat golden, 30 to 40 minutes. If the skillet gets too dry, add 1 to 2 tablespoons butter. This process is slow, but eventually, onions will take on a golden color.
• Add remaining butter and spice paste and stir constantly until butter melts. Keep stirring over medium heat to release flavor of seasonings, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup chicken stock and cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove chicken pieces from water, shake them dry, and push them into onion mixture. Cover and cook over medium low heat for 7 minutes. Remove cover, stir in another 1/2 cup chicken stock and cook, uncovered, until chicken is tender, about 35 minutes. Add more stock if sauce gets too dry. (It should be creamy-saucy, not thin and runny.).
• Sprinkle sauce with salt and more pepper to taste. Carefully stir in eggs, without breaking them up too much or tearing chicken off bone. Carefully spoon chicken, sauce and some egg onto heated plates. Serves 6. Good wine to serve is Cline Cellars Cotes d'Oakly (California: Contre Costa).
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DORO WAT (ETHIOPIAN CHICKEN STEW)

Steps:

• Combine chicken and lemon juice in a bowl and marinate until flavors meld, at least 15 minutes.
• Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 15 minutes. Remove eggs from hot water, cool under cold running water, and peel.
• Melt butter over medium heat in a pot. Add onion, ginger, and garlic to the hot butter and cook until onion is soft, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 25 to 30 minutes. Keep warm.
• While rice cooks, stir paprika and berbere seasoning into the onion mixture, adjusting to taste. Add chicken to the pot and brown, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Pour in tomatoes and stir to combine. Pour in enough chicken broth to thin mixture out to stew consistency. Reduce heat and let simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 20 to 30 minutes, adding hard-boiled eggs when stew has about 10 minutes of cooking time left.
• Pierce eggs using a fork to allow sauce to seep in. Continue to simmer 10 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper and serve over cooked basmati rice.

ETHIOPIAN DORO WAT (CHICKEN STEW)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan and brown the chicken. When all pieces are light brown, remove chicken.
• In the same pan, without removing the oil, add butter, onion, ginger and garlic; cook until golden brown.
• Add berbere and saute the mixture over low heat until it browns.
• Add chicken stock and lime juice, simmer 3-4 minutes.
• Return the chicken to the pan, cover, and simmer slowly for 30 minutes, turning the chicken from time to time.
• Transfer the stew to a platter, garnish with eggs, and serve with injera or pita bread.