Chicken Berbere

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 -4 ounces cooking oil (duck fat, ghee, lard etc)
• 2 lbs chicken breasts, in one-inch cubes
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 tablespoons berbere, pepper (see above)
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup chicken stock (or cubes)
• 1/2 lemon, zest of, grated
• salt
• pepper
• fresh cilantro stem (coriander)

Recipe

• 1 brown the chicken thoroughly on high heat in a skillet in some of the fat. set aside. don't put too much meat into the skillet at once, or they won't brown.
• 2 fry the onion and garlic in additional fat in a pot on medium heat until it is transparent.
• 3 add berbere pepper and tomato paste and more fat if necessary in order not to burn the berbere.
• 4 stir for a moment, then add chicken, tomatoes, stock and lemon peel.
• 5 let simmer, covered, until the chicken is tender but not over-cooked (15-20 min).
• 6 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 garnish with cilantro stems and serve immediately with rice or on flat bread.