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Doro Tibs

A sautéed chicken dish seasoned with berbere and spices, cooked with onions and lemon, garnished with cilantro.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Doro Tibs

Ingredients

Directions

Marinate

  1. Combine the chicken pieces, minced garlic, berbere spice blend, paprika, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and salt in a mixing bowl.

  2. Mix well to coat the chicken with the spices.

  3. Allow the chicken to marinate for at least 30 minutes to enhance the flavors.

Cook

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat.

  2. Add the chopped onion to the pan and sauté until it becomes translucent and slightly browned.

  3. Add the marinated chicken to the pan and spread it out in a single layer.

  4. Allow the chicken to cook undisturbed for a few minutes to develop a golden crust.

  5. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to stir and flip the chicken pieces, ensuring all sides are evenly cooked.

  6. Continue cooking until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the center.

  7. Squeeze the lemon juice over the cooked chicken and stir well to incorporate.

  8. Remove the pan from heat and garnish with freshly chopped cilantro or parsley.

Serve

  1. Serve hot with injera or any other bread of your choice.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

370Calories
34 gProtein
18 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0

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

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Cumin + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Coriander + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken thighs
Provide the main protein, which stays juicy when cooked through over moderate heat.
Onion
Softens and browns in the oil, adding sweetness and a savory base to the dish.
Berbere spice blend
Supplies the dish's core warm, aromatic and pungent spicing.
Olive oil
Conducts heat for browning the chicken and carries the spice flavors.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the spiced chicken at the end of cooking.

The step that matters

Developing the golden crust before stirring. Leaving the chicken undisturbed in a single layer lets its surface brown through the Maillard reaction. Stirring too early keeps the pieces steaming instead of browning, which mutes flavor.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, turmeric, olive):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, turmeric, olive. 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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