Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant Menu

4.1
(975+ Reviews)
  • Customer Favorites

    Our most frequently ordered and highly rated selections.
    • Dukem Special Tibs

      Cubed tender lamb or beef fried marinated with our Dukem special sauce, sautéed with onion rosemary, tomato, and jalapeno touch of fresh garlic.
      $19.95
    • Regular Veggie Combo 1

      (4Item) Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, and salad.
      $17.95
    • Special Dukem Veggie Combo 2

      (7 Item) Yellow Peas, Shiro, Spicy Lentil, Salad, Cabbage, Greens, Spicy Potato stew
      $21.25
    • Deluxe Special Veggie #1

      Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and potato in spicy sauce with additional 5 items.
      $31.25
    • Doro Wot

      Chicken Stew simmer and berbere red pepper sauce (spicy) or simmered and ginger sauce (mild) with garlic, onion, and herbal butter served with boiled egg.
      $21.25
    • Deluxe Special Veggie #3

      Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and potato in spicy sauce with additional 9 items.
      $38.25
    • Goden Tibs

      Prime short ribs marinated with special Dukem sauce suited with onion, tomato, fresh garlic, and jalapeno pepper.
      $24.95
    • Deluxe Special Veggie #2

      Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and potato in spicy sauce with additional 7 items.
      $34.25
    • Awaze Tibs

      Cubed tender beef marinated and cooked with tomato, jalapeno, garlic, and berbere sauce.
      $19.95
    • Dukem Combo 4

      Combination of regular beef tibs, key wot, minchet abesh , and 5 vegetables (spicy lentils, yellow peas, collard greens, cabbage , and salad).
      $35.25
  • Appetizers

    • Mixed Vegetable Sambusa

      Crispy pastry shell filled with cooked mix vegetables.
      $4.00
    • Spinach Sambusa

      Cooked spinach filled in crispy shell
      $4.00
    • Lentil Sambusa

      Vegetable pastry shell filled with whole lentil, onions and jalapeño pepper.
      $4.00
    • Chicken Sambusa

      special prepared chicken filled in crispy shell
      $4.75
  • Vegetarian Platter

    • Deluxe Special Veggie #1

      Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and potato in spicy sauce with additional 5 items.
      $31.25
    • Deluxe Special Veggie #2

      Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and potato in spicy sauce with additional 7 items.
      $34.25
    • Deluxe Special Veggie #3

      Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, cabbage, shiro, salad, and potato in spicy sauce with additional 9 items.
      $38.25
  • Vegetarian Dishes

    • Regular Veggie Combo 1

      (4Item) Spicy splint lentil, yellow peas, greens, and salad.
      $17.95
    • Regular Veggie Combo 2

      (4 Item). Yellow peas, Green, Cabbage and Salad
      $17.95
    • Special Dukem Veggie Combo 1

      (5Item) Yellow peas, Green, Lentil, Salad, Cabbage
      $18.95
    • Special Dukem Veggie Combo 2

      (7 Item) Yellow Peas, Shiro, Spicy Lentil, Salad, Cabbage, Greens, Spicy Potato stew
      $21.25
    • Special Dukem Veggie Combo 3

      $21.25
    • Fish

      $13.25
    • Fish and Salad

      $17.25
    • Dukem Salad

      Dukem special salad with tomato, onion, jalapeno, touch of fresh garlic with our secret dukem style salad dressing.
      $10.95
    • Yesom Kulet Fitfit

      Vegetarian Stew tossed on injera bread
      $19.95
    • Your Choice of Veggie Combo (5 Items)

      $19.95
    • Your Choice of Veggie Combo (7 Items)

      $23.95
    • Single Vegetarian Plate

      Choice of any single vegetarian plate
      $19.95
  • Tibs Entrees

    • Dukem Special Tibs

      Cubed tender lamb or beef fried marinated with our Dukem special sauce, sautéed with onion rosemary, tomato, and jalapeno touch of fresh garlic.
      $19.95
    • Regular Tibs

      Cubed tender beef or lamb with onion rosemary, jalapeño pepper served with injera, salad, and spicy awaze sauce.
      $17.35
    • Goden Tibs

      Prime short ribs marinated with special Dukem sauce suited with onion, tomato, fresh garlic, and jalapeno pepper.
      $24.95
    • Awaze Tibs

      Cubed tender beef marinated and cooked with tomato, jalapeno, garlic, and berbere sauce.
      $19.95
    • Shrimp Tibs

      Medium size shrimp marinated in lemon juice & sauteed with onion, Jalapeno, tomato, rosemary, fresh garlic and awazie sauce.
      $27.95
    • Gored Gored Tibs

      Chunked beef lightly cooked sautéed with onion and jalapeno with touched of Ethiopian butter.
      $19.95
  • Combination Platter

    • Dukem Combo 1

      $25.25
    • Dukem Combo 2

      Combination of regular beef tibs, key wot, and minchet abesh. Served with salad on side.
      $26.25
    • Dukem Combo 3

      Combination of regular kitfo, key wot, minchet abesh. Served with side salad.
      $28.25
    • Dukem Combo 4

      Combination of regular beef tibs, key wot, minchet abesh , and 5 vegetables (spicy lentils, yellow peas, collard greens, cabbage , and salad).
      $35.25
    • Dukem Combo 5

      Combination of doro wot, minchet abesh, amd 5 vegetables (spicy lentils, yellow peas, collard greens, cabbage, and salad).
      $36.25
    • Dukem Combo 6

      Combination of regular beef tibs, key wot, Coro wot, minchet abesh, and 5 vegetables (spicy lentils, yellow peas, collard peas, cabbage, and salad).
      $39.95
    • Dukem Misto

      $19.95
    • Kornise

      Combination of regular kitfo, key wot fitfit, and kinche. Garnished with homemade cottage cheese on top.
      $22.95
  • Kitfo Entrees

    Enjoy our variety of kitfo offerings. Kitfo is a flavorful dish made with minced raw lean beef, Ethiopian spices, and an herb-infused clarified butter.
    • Regular Kitfo

      Beef tartare, seasoned with a herbal butter, and mitmita, cardamom. It can be ordered raw, medium or well-done.
      $17.95
    • Dukem Kitfo

      This is our beef tartare mixed with our homemade cottage cheese, herbal butter, cardamom, and mitmita. It can be ordered raw, medium or well-done.
      $18.95
    • Ze!!! Kitfo

      Regular kitfo made with diced onion and jalapeño. It can be ordered raw, medium, or well done.
      $19.95
    • Gored Gored

      Chunk cubed beef, mixed with homemade awaze sauce, diced onion, jalapeño, and are herbal butter. It can be ordered raw, medium or well done.
      $19.95
    • Dulet

      Carefully cleansed lamb strip and liver mixed with lean red meat, diced onion, garlic, jalapeno, and our herbal butter. It can be ordered raw, medium or well done.
      $19.95
  • Wot

    • Key Wot

      Freshly made beef stew served with Injera.
      $20.75
    • Doro Wot

      Chicken Stew simmer and berbere red pepper sauce (spicy) or simmered and ginger sauce (mild) with garlic, onion, and herbal butter served with boiled egg.
      $21.25
    • Minchet Abesh

      Finely chopped lean ground beef braised in milled ginger and garlic sauce.
      $17.95
    • Melasena Sember

      Beef trip and tongue cooked in mild ginger sauce with carrot and jalapeno and seasoned with ginger and garlic.
      $18.50
  • Fitfit

    • Alecha Fitfit

      $17.95
    • Key Wot Fitfit

      $18.95
    • Tibs Fitfit

      $19.50
    • Kwanta Firfir

      $19.50
    • Doro Wot Fitfit

      $21.50
    • Alecha Fitfit

      $19.00
  • Rice

    • Rice With Fish

      Rice served with homemade tomato sauce.
      $18.25
    • Rice

      Plain cooked white rice.
      $12.25
    • Plain Rice with Tomato Sauce

      Plain white rice served with our flavorful tomato and berbere sauce.
      $13.25
  • Additional Injera

    Ethiopian Injera $8.00 Ex Ethiopian Injera $3.00
    • Ethiopian Injera (Imported)

      Gluten Free
      $4.00
    • Local Injera

      $3.25
  • Dessert

    • Baklava

      $7.25
    • Tiramisu

      Classic Italian dessert made with ladyfingers soaked in coffee, layered with mascarpone cheese and dusted with cocoa.
      $7.95
  • Beverages

    • Perrier

      $3.00
    • Soda

      Can.
      $2.50
  • Season Special

    • Potato Stew (Wot)

      Steamed potato cooked with beef stew in berbere sauce.
      $21.25
    • Gomen Besiga

      Chopped collard greens cooked with, cubed, beef, spiced and purified with Ethiopian butter, onion, garlic, and ginger.
      $21.75
  • Ethiopian Fasting Season Special

    Enjoy our seasonal offering of meatless, dairy-free, egg-free dishes.
    • Asa Dullet

      Ground fish mixed with dice onion, garlic, jalapeño, olive oil, cardamom, and mitmita.
      $20.95
    • Asa Goulshe

      Lightly fried diced fillet fish cooked in our special tomato and berbere sauce.
      $20.95
    • Shrimp Awaze Tibs

      Medium size shrimp sautéed with onion, jalapeño, tomato, fresh garlic, and awaze sauce.
      $28.95

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