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An ethiopian meal is an experience to be remembered. When you have dinner in an ethiopian home or restaurant, you eat the tablecloth

  • Recipe serves:4 to 6
  • Preparation time10 min
  • Cooking time50 min

Ingredients

  • Berbere Sauce:
  • 230g can tomato sauce 1/4 cup
  • 1 tablespoon ginger root, grated (may substitute 1 tsp ground ginger)
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1/4 cup dry red wine
  • 2 Royco Beef Cubes, crumbled
  • 1/8 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1 -2 tsp ground red pepper
  • 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp ground allspice
  • For the chicken:
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tsp cooking oil
  • 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1tsp salt
  • 1.15kg to 1.3kg broiler-fryer chicken cut up
  • 1/4 cup dry red wine
  • Ethiopian flat bread

Method

  • For the berbere
  • Combine the Royco Beef Cubes, tomato sauce, paprika, 1/4 cup red wine, grated ginger root, 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.

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