Minced Raw Beef · Gurage Signature Dish
Kitfo
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Skilled kitfo butchers mince the beef entirely by hand with a two-handed knife technique, producing a texture considered impossible to replicate with a meat grinder.
Kitfo is beef minced extremely fine, then warmed through — never fully cooked — in mitmita chili powder and niter kibbeh spiced butter. It's traditionally served with kocho, ayib cheese and warm greens.
Why it's made this way: Kitfo originates with the Gurage people of south-central Ethiopia, whose intricate mincing technique and butter-forward seasoning set it apart from other Ethiopian raw-meat dishes like gored gored.
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