Berbere Spiced Chicken

~ Tandy

This berbere spiced chicken is an Ethiopian dish with a bit of a kick. The photographs do not do the meal any justice. It was extremely tasty and I will make this again.

Berbere Spiced Chicken
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Berbere Spiced Chicken

You can use any North African spice blend to make this dish your own
Recipe Category: Chicken
Makes enough for: 2 people
All Rights Reserved: Adapted from Ottolenghi Test Kitchen page 117

Ingredients

for the chicken

  • 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 30 g coriander, leaves picked, stalks set aside and leaves kept for the dressing
  • 30 g honey
  • 30 mls olive oil
  • 15 mls berbere spice blend
  • 15 mls tomato paste
  • 7.5 mls apple cider vinegar
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
  • 400 g carrots, peeled and thickly slices
  • 1 x 400g tin chickpeas, drained
  • 1 orange, juice only
  • water to make up to 125mls with the orange juice
  • 2 chicken thighs
  • 2 chicken drumsticks

for the dressing

  • 1 orange, segmented and chopped
  • 15 mls apple cider vinegar
  • 15 mls olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to season

Method

for the chicken

  • Preheat the oven to 200° Celsius
  • Place the onion, garlic, coriander stalks, honey, oil, spice blend, tomato paste and vinegar into a blender
  • Season generously then blitz until smooth
  • Place the blitzed mixture into a large roasting dish and layer the carrots and chickpeas over it
  • Measure your orange juice and add enough water to make it 125mls
  • Pour into the roasting dish and toss the ingredients to combine
  • Place the chicken pieces on top, thigh pieces skin side up, season, then cover tightly with foil
  • Place into the oven and cook for 30 minutes
  • Remove the foil and cook for 40 minutes to brown the chicken
  • Turn the oven off and leave to rest for 10 minutes before serving

for the dressing

  • Place the chopped orange pieces into a bowl
  • Roughly chop the coriander leaves then add to the bowl
  • Add the vinegar and oil, mix to combine then season to taste
  • Set aside for the flavours to mingle then serve on top of the chicken
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