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Goden Tibsጎድን ጥብስ

Short ribs browned, simmered until they give, then reduced to a glaze

Prep
15 minutes
Cook
1 hour 15 minutes
Serves
4
Region
National

Ingredients

Make

4 servings

Method

  1. Brown the ribs hard on every side in the niter kibbeh, about 10 minutes, then lift them out

  2. Cook the onions in the same pot for 10 minutes until soft and gold

  3. Add the berbere, garlic and ginger and cook 2 minutes

  4. Return the ribs, add the water and salt, cover, and simmer 45 minutes until the meat gives under a fork

  5. Uncover, raise the heat and let the liquid reduce to a glaze, about 10 minutes, turning the ribs through it

  6. Add the chillies and rosemary for the last 2 minutes

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From the kitchen

  • Ribs need both halves: the hard sear for flavour and the long simmer for the collagen. Skip either and it is wrong

  • The reduction at the end is what turns this from a stew into tibs. Do not serve it wet

  • Eaten with the hands, off the bone. Put out more injera than you think you need

  • Goden means rib, so here the cut is the whole name of the dish

Tags

  • beef
  • spicy
  • traditional
  • festive

Per serving

Calories
520
Protein
29g
Carbohydrate
7g
Fat
41g

Estimates. They shift with how you make it and what you make it with.

Suitable for

  • gluten-free

Contains

  • dairy

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