Time 2h40m Number Of Ingredients 15 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.
Time 1h Yield 4 to 6 servings Number Of Ingredients 18 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.
Time 1h30m Yield 8 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 14 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.
Time 2h Yield 6 serving(s) Number Of Ingredients 18 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). Onions, Onions, Onions.
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Time 1h35m Yield 6 Number Of Ingredients 14 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.
