Doro Wat Ethiopian Style Spicy Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 cup butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion until translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water and tomato paste; stir until hot, about 2 minutes. Stir in remaining butter, berbere, garlic, and ginger. Adjust heat to low and cook until mixture thickens to paste consistency, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Stir remaining water into berbere paste; add chicken. Simmer until thickened to sauce consistency, about 45 minutes.
• Stir white wine, cardamom, and black pepper into the sauce; add hard-boiled eggs. Cook until sauce is reduced slightly, about 15 minutes more.

Steps:

• Place chicken in non-reactive dish and season with salt.
• Drizzle with lemon juice; turn to coat.
• Marinate 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large pot, heat butter over medium and add onion.
• Cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring, until soft (8 minutes).
• Stir in garlic and cook 2 minutes.
• Stir in paprika, black pepper, fenugreek, cumin, cardamom, cayenne, coriander, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice and cook 2 minutes.
• Stir in water, add chicken pieces and raise heat to high.
• When mixture is bubbling, cover and reduce heat to maintain gentle simmer.
• Cook, turning pieces occasionally, until chicken is tender (30 to 40 minutes).
• Remove lid; add eggs.
• Cook until eggs heated through (10 minutes).
• Season sauce to taste with salt.

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.

Steps:

• For the berbere:.
• Combine the tomato sauce, paprika, 1/4 cup red wine, grated gingerroot, ground ginger, red pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, and allspice.
• Set the red pepper sauce aside.
• For the chicken:.
• In a large skillet cook the onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is tender but not brown.
• Stir in the red pepper sauce, turmeric, and 1 tsp salt.
• Add the chicken pieces to the skillet. Spoon the onion mixture over the chicken pieces. Bring the mixture to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes.
• Stir in 1/4 cup dry red wine. Cook, uncovered, about 15 minutes; turn chicken pieces often. Skim off the fat, and serve with Ethiopian Flat Bread.