Doro Wat 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.

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.

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.

DORO WAT (SPICY CHICKEN STEW)

Steps:

• Mix lemon juice with salt in a small bowl, and rub over chicken pieces. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy or non-stick skillet and add onions. Simmer over moderate heat about 5 minutes, until onions are beginning to soften.
• Stir nitir kebbeh into skillet and heat until melted. Add garlic, ginger, fenugreek, cardamom, berberé and paprika. Stir well after each addition. Cook, stirring, over low heat for about 5 minutes.
• Pour in wine and water, bring to a boil, and simmer uncovered for five more minutes, until mixture is beginning to thicken.
• Add chicken to sauce, turning to coat on all sides. Cover tightly, lower heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• Pierce holes all over the eggs with a fork, then add to the sauce. Cover and simmer another 15 minutes on low heat, until chicken is cooked through.
• Serve with injera Check my recipe or rice.

DORO WAT (SPICY CHICKEN STEW)

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.