The Ethiopian doro wat might be one of the most popular African dishes in the world. Spicy onion-based chicken soup with hard-boiled eggs that you can prepare in your instant pot or slow cooker. When the onions are caramelized for hours... you know you're in for a special treat!
February 11 2019 recipe & photo by Maria Emmerich, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE in Recipes, Dinner, Meal
The Ethiopian doro wat might be one of the most popular African dishes in the world. Spicy onion-based chicken soup with hard-boiled eggs that you can prepare in your instant pot or slow cooker. When the onions are caramelized for hours... you know you're in for a special treat!
USMetric
8 servingservings
Ingredients
- ¼ cup 60 ml coconut oil or lard
- 1 (4 oz.) 1 (110 g) yellow onion, finely choppedyellow onions, finely chopped
- 1 1 garlic clove, mincedgarlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp berbere seasoning
- 2 tsp 2 tsp fine sea salt
- 2½ lbs 1.1 kg chicken breast, cut into ¾" (2 cm) chunkschicken breasts, cut into ¾" (2 cm) chunks
- 4 cups 950 ml chicken broth
- 8 8 hard-boiled egghard-boiled eggs
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Instructions
Place the oil in a 6-quart Instant Pot and press Sauté. Once melted, add the onion, garlic, berbere seasoning, and salt and cook for 10 minutes or until the onion starts to caramelize. Press Cancel to stop the Sauté.
Add the chicken and broth to the instant pot. Seal the lid, press Pressure Cook or Manual, and set the timer for 20 minutes. Once finished, turn the valve to venting for a quick release.
Slice each hard-boiled egg in half. Serve the chicken and onion mixture in bowls with two egg halves in each bowl.
Tips
Instead of chicken breast, you can also use boneless, skinless chicken thighs. Count with 8 pieces for 8 servings.
This dish is spicy, so if you want to minimize the spiciness, reduce the berbere to 1 tablespoon.
Slow cooker or stovetop method
Place the onion, garlic, oil, berbere seasoning, and salt in a slow cooker or a dutch oven. Cover and cook on low for at least four hours or until the onion has caramelized; you can also let it cook overnight. Add the chicken and broth to the slow cooker or dutch oven and cook on low for another eight hours, or until the chicken is very tender. Proceed to step three.
Store and reheat
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to a month.
To reheat, place in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until heated through.
What is berbere seasoning?
Berbere is a hot pepper seasoning essential for most Ethiopian dishes. Containing garlic, red pepper, cardamom, coriander, chili peppers, cloves, allspice, and various other spices. If you don't have berbere spice, you can use ras el hanout, baharat, garam masala, or cayenne.
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シャーナ ミツチ
March 30 2019
Slow cooker people! If you are making less than the full 8 servings of more, DO NOT leave these onions on low overnight. You will wake up to a burnt crust of onions coating the bottom of your crockpot. Maybe the 8 servings worth of onions is enough (but there's only 1 onion in that even, so I don't know). Now I'm stuck rushing the recipe at 2 hours on high, babysitting the pot every hour just so we can have dinner on time. :( I hope the taste is worth it.
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Janice
April 20 2019
Question about the carb count. The carbs are listed at 2 grams but in a yellow circle. It’s classified as “moderate low-carb.” An error? It doesn’t get much lower than 2 grams.
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
April 20 2019
Question about the carb count. The carbs are listed at 2 grams but in a yellow circle. It’s classified as “moderate low-carb.” An error? It doesn’t get much lower than 2 grams.
In order to be labeled ketogenic, a recipe has to not only be very low carb, but also have 70-75% fat and 20-25% protein. This has a higher percentage of protein than that range, so it's not ketogenic. It could easily be incorporated in a ketogenic meal plan if you added fats to the dish or side.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/how-low-carb-is-low-carb5
sdudley649
August 21 2020
I am unable to find berbere seasoning. Is there an alternative you’d recommend? I’d hate to wait all that time for soup only to find I’ve used the wrong spices!
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
August 21 2020
I am unable to find berbere seasoning. Is there an alternative you’d recommend? I’d hate to wait all that time for soup only to find I’ve used the wrong spices!
Berbere is actually a blend of other spices. You may have most of these in your kitchen already.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255863/berbere-spice-blend/7
Jane
August 27 2020
I ordered mine from Amazon and had it in 2 days.
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Susan Loncar
June 29 2021
Whenever I've had authentic Ethiopian food, it was always served with Injera. Is there a keto Injera recipe anywhere?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
July 1 2021
Whenever I've had authentic Ethiopian food, it was always served with Injera. Is there a keto Injera recipe anywhere?
We do not have an Injera recipe but we do have a flatbread, a naan, and a dosa recipe modified to use low carb ingredients.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/mediterranean-keto-flatbread
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-naan-bread-with-melted-garlic...
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-dosa10
Jayne
October 5 2021
In the recipe, it says 2 1/2 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs, and then further down it says you can use thighs instead of breasts but use 1 thigh per serving. My package of Costco chicken thighs equals a count of 13 thighs per 2 1/2 lbs. Nowhere is there a mention of breasts in the recipe ingredients.
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
October 6 2021
In the recipe, it says 2 1/2 lbs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs, and then further down it says you can use thighs instead of breasts but use 1 thigh per serving. My package of Costco chicken thighs equals a count of 13 thighs per 2 1/2 lbs. Nowhere is there a mention of breasts in the recipe ingredients.
Thank you for your comment. It looks like the recipe was updated and the Tips were not, or the other way around. I have asked the Recipe Team to review this recipe.
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Mary Alice
November 13 2021
We made this soup for supper tonight following the directions for a slow cooker. We used 1T Berbere seasoning instead of 2T. It was delicious! We both really enjoyed it. Thanks for a unique and tasty recipe.
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markmanra
December 29 2021
An outstanding recipe, and we will make this again! I ordered Berbere from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/berbere-spice/s?k=berbere+spice.
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Kerry Merritt Team Diet Doctor
December 29 2021
An outstanding recipe, and we will make this again! I ordered Berbere from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/berbere-spice/s?k=berbere+spice.
So glad you love it!
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Terry
January 13 2022
IMPORTANT QUESTION:
I'll be using a slow cooker to make this. Please confirm I am to put *raw* chicken cubes into the slow cooker, set to LOW? This is safe? Thanks!Reply: #16
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Kerry Merritt Team Diet Doctor
January 13 2022
IMPORTANT QUESTION:
I'll be using a slow cooker to make this. Please confirm I am to put *raw* chicken cubes into the slow cooker, set to LOW? This is safe? Thanks!Hi, Terry! Yes, you'll add the raw chicken to the slow cooker.
