Doro Wot

== Description ==
Chicken stew. This is an Ethiopian recipe for a very hot (key words here are hot, toasty, spicy) sort of stew-like stuff. I am posting it in reference to recent discussion on injira, the spongey millet bread upon which wot is eaten. This recipe comes via my Mom who obtained it directly from a foreign student who used to live with us, who is an awesome cook, BTW. This is a chicken version, it can be made with other meats.
== Ingredients ==
* 1 whole chicken — skinned and cut up
* 8 lbs onions — chopped fine
* 1 lb garlic — mashed
* ¼ lb ginger — mashed
* 1 lb butter
* salt — to taste
* pepper — to taste
* nutmeg or cumin — optional
* 1 hard-boiled egg — per person
* berbere (Ethiopian chili powder bere bere, Note: Mommy says nothing else will serve, although chili powder is the closest)
== Directions ==
# Cook onion over low heat, not in any fat, for a long time, stirring constantly over very low heat until all the water is evaporated.
# Continue stirring until onions are slightly brown.
# Then add the butter; cook about 15 – 20 minutes still over low heat.
# Add 1 tbsp hot water from time to time (texture should be kind of pasty).
# Add bere bere. If it looks too dry, add hot water and stir.
# Cook it about 30 – 45 minutes - keep stirring frequently.
# Keep adding hot water if necessary.
# Be careful not to let it brown, because chili powder will become bitter.
# Add garlic and ginger and simmer 15 more minutes.
# Add water as needed.
# Meanwhile, with your other set of free hands, wash chicken pieces well, and let stand in salted in lemoned water.
# Then squeeze each piece really hard to get out as much water as possible.
# Then, make little slits in the meat so the sauce will penetrate.
# Cook the meat in the sauce until meat is tender, about 30 minutes.
# Stir from time to time. All this has been uncovered, by the way.
# Add spices to taste just before removing from stove.
# Add 1 hard-boiled egg per person, which have been slit (the eggs, not the people), and cook just long enough to heat through.
# Serve with lots of bread (injera).
# Freezes well.
Category:Ethiopian Meat Dishes
Category:Berbere Recipes
Category:Chicken Recipes
Category:Chili powder Recipes
Category:Millet Recipes
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