Kitfo (Cooked Spiced Minced Beef with Ghee)
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Ingredients
- 600 g beef mince (15% fat)
- 50 g ghee
- 1 tbsp berbere spice blend
- 1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 10 g fresh ginger
- 1 lemon
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 449 kcal
- Protein
- 28.6 g
- Carbohydrate
- 2.3 g
- of which sugars
- 0.8 g
- Fat
- 35.3 g
- of which saturates
- 17.1 g
- Fibre
- 1.8 g
- Salt
- 0.32 g
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Method
- 1
Melt the ghee in a large frying pan over low heat and stir in the berbere spice blend and cayenne pepper for 1 minute.
- 2
Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute more.
- 3
Add the beef mince and cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon, until no pink remains and it is cooked through.
- 4
Squeeze over the lemon juice and stir through.
- 5
Serve with flatbreads.
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