🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Beetroot Key Wot

Name: Beetroot Key Wot
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 2 Bay Leaf; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Niter Kibbeh; 1 tsp Berbere; 4 Beetroot

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Key wot — the reddest, richest berbere braise, beetroot melting into the sauce. Ready in 75 minutes including prep.

Prep 20 min Cook 55 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Bay Leaf2
Stock or Broth500 ml
Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
Berbere1 tsp
Beetroot4

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the beetroot deeply in the Niter Kibbeh in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the berbere.
3
Return the beetroot, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the beetroot yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Ethiopian Vegetarian Beets Stew! (Key Sir Alicha) · on YouTube