🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Injera Chechebsa

Name: Injera Chechebsa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Onion; 300 g Rice; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 3, torn Flatbread; 2 tbsp Niter Kibbeh; 1 tsp Berbere; 6 pieces Injera

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

A one-pot rice dish where injera perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. Ready in 30 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, finely chopped
Rice300 g
Stock or Broth600 ml
Flatbread3, torn
Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
Berbere1 tsp
Injera6 pieces

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Niter Kibbeh in a wide pot, soften the onion, and bloom the berbere for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the injera, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with fresh cilantro.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: የጤፍ ጨጨብሳ አሰራር Ethiopian Breakfast Food Teff Chechebsa · on YouTube