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Ethiopian Doro Wat — Spiced Chicken Stew
Ethiopia's national dish — slow-cooked chicken in a rich, deeply red berbere spiced onion sauce with hard-boiled eggs, served on injera sourdough flatbread.
⏱ 150 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.8(1,870)
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Ethiopian Chicken Recipes
16 recipes using chicken — Injera, doro wat, misir — ancient spiced stews of the Horn of Africa.
These 16 ethiopian chicken recipes are ready in about 83 minutes on average, with 380–580 kcal per serving, and 19% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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83 min
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459 kcal
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How Ethiopian cuisine cooks with chicken
Ethiopian cooking is ancient and intensely spiced — slow-simmered stews built on berbere and aromatic spiced butter, scooped up with sour injera. When Ethiopian cooks work with chicken, they reach for berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger and fenugreek, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, caramelising and frying.
The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, berbere spice blend, fresh ginger, fine sea salt, tomato paste and berbere. The dishes here span ethiopian classics ready in as little as 32 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Doro Tibs is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,780 ratings.
16 Ethiopian Chicken Recipes
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Injera with Doro Wat – Ethiopian Spiced Chicken Stew
Slow-cooked chicken in rich berbere spice sauce, served on spongy sourdough injera flatbread — Ethiopia's national dish.
⏱ 150 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.8(1,432)
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Injera with Doro Wat (Ethiopian Chicken Stew)
Ethiopia's iconic spiced chicken stew with hard-boiled eggs, served on spongy injera flatbread for a communal feast.
⏱ 120 min🔥 580 kcalHard
★4.7(860)
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Doro Tibs
Ethiopian sautéed chicken with spiced butter, vegetables, and lime — a quick, bright dinner.
⏱ 40 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.9(1,780)
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Doro Misir Wat
Ethiopian chicken and red lentil stew — rich, spiced, deeply warming.
⏱ 80 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.8(1,120)
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Doro Tibs (Ethiopian Spicy Chicken)
Ethiopian sautéed chicken — chunks of marinated chicken stir-fried with onion, rosemary, niter kibbeh, and berbere over high heat.
⏱ 50 min🔥 420 kcalEasy
★4.9(540)
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Addis Berbere Lentil Rice Bowl
Addis Berbere Lentil Rice Bowl brings ethiopian flavor into a practical home recipe with chicken thighs, berbere, niter kibbeh, lentils and ginger, and a finish of cilantro.
⏱ 59 min🔥 390 kcalHard
★4.4(4,950)
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Tigray Sesame Lime Stew
Tigray Sesame Lime Stew turns ethiopian pantry flavors into a complete stew with chicken legs, berbere, niter kibbeh, lentils and ginger, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 62 min🔥 422 kcalMedium
★4.3(6,262)
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Gondar Green Herb Salad
Gondar Green Herb Salad turns ethiopian pantry flavors into a complete salad with grilled chicken, berbere, niter kibbeh, lentils and ginger, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 46 min🔥 464 kcalMedium
★4.5(6,324)
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Ethiopian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl
Ethiopian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings ethiopian flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, berbere, niter kibbeh, lentils and ginger, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 32 min🔥 385 kcalHard
★4.7(6,000)
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Ethiopian Mountain Green Herb Salad
Ethiopian Mountain Green Herb Salad brings ethiopian flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, berbere, niter kibbeh, lentils and ginger, and a fresh cilantro finish.
⏱ 48 min🔥 469 kcalMedium
★4.5(6,116)
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Doro Wat (Ethiopian Spiced Chicken Stew)
Chicken slow-braised in a deeply spiced berbere and onion sauce with hard-boiled eggs, widely considered Ethiopia's national dish.
⏱ 105 min🔥 520 kcalMedium
★4.7(41)
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Doro Tibs (Ethiopian Sauteed Spiced Chicken)
Diced chicken sauteed hot and fast with onion, jalapeno and rosemary, a quicker, drier alternative to Ethiopia's slow-braised stews.
⏱ 45 min🔥 380 kcalEasy
★4.4(27)
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Doro Wat (Ethiopian Spicy Chicken Stew)
Chicken slow-simmered in a deeply spiced berbere sauce with hard-boiled eggs, Ethiopia's most iconic and celebrated national dish.
⏱ 150 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.4(29)
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Doro Wat Baked Chicken Casserole with Fresh Herbs
Bone-in chicken baked in a rich berbere and onion sauce, finished with hard-boiled eggs and herbs.
⏱ 85 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.6(35)
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Ethiopian Holiday Platter with Doro Wat, Gomen and Injera
A festive Ethiopian platter of spiced chicken stew, sauteed collard greens and injera flatbread.
⏱ 110 min🔥 560 kcalHard
★4.7(44)
Choosing & preparing chicken
How to choose
Look for plump, pinkish flesh with no grey patches and a clean smell. Thighs stay juicier than breasts and forgive overcooking; bone-in, skin-on pieces deliver the most flavour.
Prep & storage
Pat dry before searing for proper browning, and bring it to room temperature for 15 minutes so it cooks evenly. Marinades with acid or yoghurt tenderise lean breast meat.
When is it done?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
Nutrition
A lean, high-protein choice: a skinless breast delivers roughly 31 g of protein per 100 g with very little saturated fat.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, thyme, ginger, paprika, yoghurt
Ethiopian Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do Ethiopian chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 16 Ethiopian chicken recipes are ready in around 83 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Ethiopian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl, takes about 32 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 150 minutes.
How many calories are in Ethiopian chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 380 to 580 kcal per serving, averaging 459 kcal — Doro Tibs (Ethiopian Sauteed Spiced Chicken) is the lightest option at 380 kcal.
What is the easiest Ethiopian chicken recipe for beginners?
Doro Tibs is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 40 minutes. 19% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in Ethiopian cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with garlic, berbere spice blend, fresh ginger, fine sea salt, tomato paste and berbere. Ethiopian kitchens also lean on berbere, niter kibbeh (spiced butter), garlic, ginger and fenugreek.
How do I know when chicken is properly cooked?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
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