{{Short description|Ethiopian raw beef dish}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=March 2023}} {{Unreliable sources|date=March 2023}} }} thumb|Platter with kitfo '''''Kitfo''''' ({{langx|am|ክትፎ}}, {{IPA|am|kɨtfo|IPA}}) is an Ethiopian traditional dish that originated among the Gurage people. It consists of minced raw beef, marinated in ''mitmita'' (a chili-based spice powder) and ''niter kibbeh'' (a clarified butter infused with herbs and spices). The word comes from the Ethio-Semitic triconsonantal root ''k-t-f'', meaning "to chop finely; mince".
''Kitfo'' cooked lightly rare is known as ''kitfo leb leb''.<ref>Mesfin, D.J. ''Exotic Ethiopian Cooking'', Falls Church, Virginia: Ethiopian Cookbooks Enterprises, 2006, pp.124, 129.</ref> ''Kitfo'' is often served alongside — or sometimes mixed with — a mild cheese called ''ayibe'' or cooked greens known as ''gomen''. In many parts of Ethiopia, ''kitfo'' is served with ''injera'', a spongy, absorbent sourdough crêpe-like flatbread made from fermented teff flour; traditional Gurage cuisine replaces this with ''kocho'', a thick flatbread made of the ''ensete'' plant. An ''ensete'' leaf may be also used as a garnish.
Though not considered a delicacy, ''kitfo'' is generally held in high regard.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} It is served on special occasions such as holidays like Meskel on 27 September, the feast celebrating the Finding of the True Cross.{{citation needed |date=March 2017}}
==See also== *Gored gored *Steak tartare *Kibbeh nayyeh *List of African dishes *List of Ethiopian dishes and foods
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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130213053246/http://www.africa-news.eu/lifestyle/3264-recipe-kitfo.html Kitfo recipe]
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Category:Raw beef dishes Category:Eritrean cuisine Category:Ethiopian cuisine
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