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Doro Wat II

A sweet, rich, hot chicken stew with onions, butter, berbere spice, tomato paste, and hard‑boiled eggs.

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Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Doro Wat II

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Remove skin from the chicken and score each piece slightly with a knife so the sauce can penetrate.

Make the stew

  1. In a large stew pot, melt the butter, then sauté the onions and garlic for five minutes.

  2. Add berbere, followed by tomato paste, stirring occasionally while the mixture simmers about 15 minutes.

  3. A piece at a time, stir in the chicken, coating well with the sauce.

  4. Continue to simmer, adding enough water to maintain the consistency of a thick soup.

  5. When chicken is half done, after about 20 minutes, put in the hard-boiled eggs.

  6. Cover and continue cooking until the chicken is tender.

  7. The dish is ready when the oil has risen to the top. Add black pepper and let sit until slightly cooled.

Serve

  1. Serve with injera.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

421Calories
40 gProtein
21 gFat
18 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Chicken + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main protein, which becomes tender as it simmers slowly in the sauce.
Tomato paste
Concentrates tomato flavour and thickens the sauce, adding body and a deeper colour.
Onion
Cooks down slowly into a sweet base that gives the stew its body.
Butter
Carries the spices and adds richness and fat to the sauce.
Berbere
Supplies the spice blend that gives the stew its characteristic heat and aroma.
Hard-boiled eggs
Absorb the sauce as they simmer, adding texture and a mild, rich flavour.

The step that matters

Cook the berbere and tomato paste before adding the chicken. Simmering the spice and paste in fat drives off raw, harsh notes and deepens their flavour, so the sauce tastes developed rather than raw.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, tomato, butter, egg, onion, pepper):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, tomato, butter, egg, onion, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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