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Ethiopian Spicy Braised Chicken

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 8 oz Tomato sauce
  • 1/4 c Paprika
  • 1/4 c Dry red wine
  • 1 tb Ginger root, grated
  • 1 ts Red pepper
  • 1/8 ts Cardamom, ground
  • 1/8 ts Nutmeg, ground
  • 1/8 ts Clove, ground
  • 1/8 ts Allspice, ground
  • 2 md Onions, chopped
  • 2 Garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tb Cooking oil
  • 1/2 ts Ground tumeric
  • 3 lb Broiler chicken, cut up
  • 1/4 c Dry red wine

Directions

  1. Make the red pepper sauce first, combine tomato
  2. sauce, paprika, 1/4 cup dry red wine, grated ginger
  3. root, red pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon
  4. and allspice. Set red-pepper sauce aside.
  5. In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in hot
  6. oil til onion is tender but not brown. Stir in red
  7. pepper sauce, tumeric, and 1 teaspoon salt. Add
  8. chicken pieces to skillet. Spoon onion mixture over
  9. chicken pieces.
  10. Bring mixture to boiling; reduce head. Cover; simmer
  11. about 3 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup dry red wine. Cook
  12. uncovered about 15 minutes. Turn chicken pieces often.
  13. Skim off fat. Serve with Injeera (Ethiopian
  14. flat-bread).
Yield
4