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Ethiopian Sauteed Lamb or Beef
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Servings: 4
Serve this dish with injera bread for an authentic Ethiopian meal. If you can't find injera, any flat bread would be delicious. Ethiopian Tomato & Cucumber Salad would make this a complete meal. Recipe from Homemakers magazine.
Ingredients:
12 ounces lean lamb or 12 ounces beef sirloin
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 small sweet onion, thinly sliced
3 green hot peppers, quartered lengthwise
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon butter
3 -4 teaspoons berbere mixed spice, recommend berbere spice mix (ethiopian)
Directions:
1. Cut meat into thin 2 inch long strips and mix with garlic.
2. Heat oil over medium-high heat; saute onion and hot peppers until onion is light golden (about 4 to 5 min).
3. Add red pepper ans salt; saute until red pepper is tender (about 2 to 3 min).
4. Transfer onion mixture to bowl.
5. In same pan, melt butter over high heat and saute meat mixture until seared all over (about 2 min).
6. Stir in Berbere spice mix to taste; saute for 30 seconds.
7. Serve with injera bread and Tomato & Cucumber salad.
8. Keep extra Berbere spice mix on table to sprinkle over meat as desired.
By RecipeOfHealth.com