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🇪🇹 Traditional dishes from Ethiopia

3 dishes people actually cook in Ethiopia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Doro wat

120 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Doro wat, a traditional dish from Ethiopia

Savor the rich flavors of this Ethiopian chicken stew.

  • 1000 g chicken
  • 300 g onion
  • 4 garlic
  • 30 g ginger
  • 3 tbsp berbere spice
  • 100 g tomato paste
  • 500 ml water
  • 4 hard-boiled eggs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 60 ml oil

Misir wat

60 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Misir wat, a traditional dish from Ethiopia

Savor the rich flavors of this spicy lentil stew.

  • 250 g red lentils
  • 1 onion
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 2 tbsp berbere spice
  • 750 ml vegetable broth
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Tibs

30 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Tibs, a traditional dish from Ethiopia

Savor the rich flavors of this Ethiopian classic!

  • 600 g beef
  • 2 onions
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 tbsp berbere spice
  • 50 g butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • 2 tomatoes

What do people eat in Ethiopia?

The three dishes from Ethiopia documented in Copper are Doro wat, Misir wat and Tibs. Berbere spice and garlic each appear in more than one recipe. All three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Ethiopia?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Berbere spice is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 5 use berbere spice. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Ethiopia take?

Tibs is the quickest at 30 minutes. Doro wat is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Ethiopia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Ethiopia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Tibs is the shortest way in.

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