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African Recipes

Africa is a huge and diverse place, with countless cuisines. Here you will find a selection of African recipes ranging all over the continent, from North to South, and many places in between.

A bowl of butternut squash curry
Photo by Holly A. Heyser

I have traveled in East and southern Africa and have worked as a chef at an Ethiopian restaurant here in the United States, so you will mostly see recipes from there, although I love the food from Ghana and Senegal, so there is a smattering of recipes from there, too.

Most African recipes require nothing unusual from an American supermarket, although in some cases, like Ethiopian and Ghanaian cuisine, there are a set of spices that, while not 100 percent necessary, are important to get the flavors right. I link to online sources for those spices in the individual posts.

Some of my favorite African recipes are Venison Stew Tunisian, Coconut Curry Chicken from Kenya, and Ethiopian Tibs, a sort of hybrid stew and stir fry.

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A bowl of Ethiopian doro wat with an egg.

Ethiopian Doro Wat

By Hank Shaw on January 16, 2023 - 6 Comments

A recipe for Ethiopian doro wat, a spicy stewed chicken dish. This recipe is how we made doro wat when I worked at an Ethiopian restaurant.

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Spices and herbs needed to make niter kibbeh, Ethiopian butter.

Niter Kibbeh

By Hank Shaw on February 23, 2022, Updated May 4, 2022 - 1 Comment

Niter kibbeh, spiced Ethiopian butter, is not so much a sauce as a cooking medium, although it does make an intriguing simple sauce for pheasant, quail or white fish. Niter kibbeh (NIT-r KEB-beh) is the aromatic, clarified butter we cooked with at the Eritrean restaurant Horn of Africa I worked at in Madison many years

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Berbere Spice Mix

By Hank Shaw on December 25, 2021, Updated May 26, 2022 - 4 Comments

Berbere spice mix is essential to Ethiopian cooking, along with the clarified spiced butter known as niter kebbeh. Berbere (ber-BERRY) is to Ethiopia what garam masala is to India. This is my berbere recipe. I learned this berbere recipe decades ago, while working as a sous chef at The Horn of Africa, an Ethiopian restaurant

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Hunt Gather Talk: West African Seafood

By Hank Shaw on October 22, 2021 - Leave a Comment

In this episode, I talk with cookbook author Zoe Adjonyoh about her book Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen, and the role of fish and seafood in West African cuisine. This is a cuisine you’ll want to get to know.

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Bamia recipe with meat and tomatoes

Bamia: Egyptian Okra and Meat Stew

By Hank Shaw on September 30, 2021 - 15 Comments

An Egyptian and eastern Mediterranean style okra stew with meat and tomatoes. Bamia, or okra, has been eaten in Egypt since antiquity. I use venison as the meat here.

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Okra stew served over fried fish on a plate

Okra Stew

By Hank Shaw on August 23, 2021 - 8 Comments

A West African inspired okra stew recipe with tomatoes that’s great served on its own, or as a thick sauce over fish or game.

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A North African venison stew in a serving bowl

Venison Stew Tunisian Style

By Hank Shaw on April 29, 2021, Updated August 11, 2022 - 30 Comments

A North African-inspired venison stew with potatoes, onions, harissa and bay leaves. A good change of pace from the same ole same ole…

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A bowl of Ghanaian palava sauce

Ghanaian Palava Sauce

By Hank Shaw on March 1, 2021 - 7 Comments

A thick stew of meat – venison here – and greens, tomato, chile and squash seeds, palaver is a popular dish in Ghana.

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