Spicy Ethiopian Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees and rub the chicken with the lemon juice and vinegar.
• Put the chicken in a rimmed baking sheet and bake, discarding the juices after 20 minutes, then draining again after 10 more minutes. Remove meat from oven and set aside.
• As the chicken cooks, put the onions, ginger and garlic in a food processor with a steel blade and finely chop until almost ground, leaving a bit of texture.
• Heat oil in a deep skillet over medium heat. Add the onion mixture and simmer, stirring frequently, about 20 minutes or until the onions have turned golden. Then stir in 1 tablespoon of the chile powder, the sweet paprika, ginger, coriander, cardamom, thyme, fenugreek, salt and pepper.
• Cook for a few minutes, taste the sauce, and if you prefer more bite, add more chile. Add the chicken and simmer, covered, for about 15 more minutes, adding as much as a cup of water to reach the consistency of a thick sauce. Add more salt and pepper, if desired.
• Serve with injera, pita, naan or rice and, if you wish, hard-boiled eggs.

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:

• Remove skin, fat and trim the end bones from the chicken pieces; wash the pieces three times in cold water with piece of lemon/lime; soak in fresh cold water with fresh sliced pieces of limes/lemons and a pinch of salt (10 minutes).
• In medium pot cook the onion using two cups of water by adding one tablespoon each time until the onion is golden brown and soft (20-25 minutes).
• Add one cup of water to the cooked onion, bebere(red chili powder), garlic, black cumin, red wine, and stir it well for 10 minutes; add the purified butter and mix it very well (10 minutes);.
• Remove lime/lemon and rinse the chicken pieces with fresh water and pat dry; make 2 one inch slits very lightly on each piece (to marinate the chicken pieces); add the pieces to the stew (10 minutes);.
• Add three cups of water; cover the lid and stir the stew more often. After 15 minutes add the rest of the spices - false cardamom, black pepper and salt; mix them well. Cook it for another 30 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, boil the eggs for 15 minutes; Remove the shell;.
• Add the hard-boiled eggs to the chicken stew. Remove the stew from heat.
• Serve it hot with Injera (Ethiopian flat bread) or with any kind of bread.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat over to 325F, 160C or Gas Mark 3.
• Coat the drumsticks or thighs in the peanut oil or melted butter.
• Mix all the spices together in a small bowl.
• In a large bowl mix half of the spice mix with the chicken, then arrange the drumsticks in a casserole dish lined with enough foil to make a package. You will be cooking these covered most of the time.
• Sprinkle more of the spice on the drumsticks. You can use all of the spice mix or stop whenever you want.
• Fold over the foil to seal up the chicken and bake for 90 minutes.
• At 90 minutes open up the foil packet to allow the chicken to cook uncovered. Continue cooking for at least 15 minutes but I recommend longer, 30 - 45 minutes.
• To serve, baste with the sauce from the pan and squeeze some fresh lime juice of the chicken right before you serve it.

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.

Steps:

• Place chicken wings and onion in a soup pot, and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). While the wings are cooking, combine the soy sauce, cinnamon, cloves and ginger in a saucepan, and warm over medium heat. When chicken is done, drain water (may be reserved for other uses as a broth), and pour in the soy sauce mixture. Stir to coat all of the wings, then place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the outsides are crispy. Baste with sauce as desired while cooking.