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Doro Wat Chicken Stew with Injera

Ethiopia’s iconic spicy chicken stew cooked with berbere and onions, served atop tangy teff injera.

60 min
4 servings
Dinner
Mediterranean
80.0 TrueMetrics Score

Ingredients

Instructions

Prep ahead
- mince onions finely; set large heavy pot.
- peel chicken thighs; pat dry.
- warm stock; measure berbere, tomato paste; peel hard-boiled eggs.
Cooking steps
Dry-cook minced onions in pot over medium 10 min, stirring, until deep caramel color.
Add niter kibbeh or oil; stir 1 min. add berbere; cook 1 min aromatic.
Mix in tomato paste and chicken pieces; turn to coat 3 min.
Pour stock; bring to low boil. cover, simmer 40 min until chicken is fall-off-bone tender, stirring occasionally.
Nestle hard-boiled eggs in sauce last 5 min. adjust salt.
Spoon spicy doro wat onto injera rounds; eat communally, tearing bread to scoop stew.
(active time ≈ 25 min | total ≈ 1 hr 10 min)