Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine Menu

5352 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
  • Appetizers

    • Extra Injera

      $1.72
    • Sambusa

      3 pieces. Lentils, spinach, chicken, beef.
      $9.20
  • Breakfast Menu

    • Fir-Fir Or Yetsom Fir-Fir

      Ethiopian wheat bread scrambled in canola oil with tomatoes, jalapeños, onions, Kibbe (Ethiopian butter) and Ethiopian spices served with injera.
      $13.80
    • Quanta Fir-Fir

      Ethiopian wheat bread scrambled in kibbe (Ethiopian Butter), and a special dried lean beef, flavored with Ethiopian spices served with your choice of injera or French Bread.
      $18.40
    • Kinche

      Cracked wheat. Cracked wheat cooked in kibbe (Ethiopian butter) and flavored with Ethiopian spices.
      $14.95
    • Inqulal Be-Siga

      Eggs with meat. Scrambled eggs with a very lean beef in canola oil, served with choice of injera or French bread.
      $16.10
    • Ye Inqulal Fir-Fir

      Scrambled eggs. Scrambled eggs in canola oil with jalapeños, tomatoes, onions, Ethiopian spices, and Kibbe (Ethiopian Butter) served with your choice of injera or French bread.
      $13.80
  • Vegetarian / Vegan Dishes

    • Shiro

      Tesfa Special. Spiced chickpea flour cooked with berbere sauce, canola oil, onion, garlic, and ginger served on injera.
      $16.10
    • Yemisir Wot

      Lentils cooked Ethiopian style with berbere, ginger, garlic, onion, and tomatoes served on injera.
      $16.10
    • Yetimatim Wot

      Tesfa Special. Diced tomatoes cooked in onion, berbere sauce, ginger, garlic, and canola oil with Ethiopian spices and served on injera.
      $16.10
    • Key Sir Alicha

      Red beets, garlic, onion, carrots, potatoes, ginger, jalapeños, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.
      $16.10
    • Gomen

      Collared greens cooked with onions, garlic, jalapeños, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.
      $16.10
    • Yatakilt Alicha

      Cabbage, carrots, and potatoes sautéed with jalapeno, onion, garlic, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.
      $16.10
    • Ater Kik Alicha

      Lentils cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, and Ethiopian spices served on injera.
      $16.10
  • Meat Dishes

    • Siga Wot

      Beef cubes stew seasoned with berbere, Ethiopian Spices (Korerima, Ajwain, and Methi), tomatoes, onions, garlic, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).
      $20.70
    • Key Wot

      Lamb cubes stew seasoned with berbere, Ethiopian spices, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).
      $21.85
    • Yebeg Alicha

      Mild tender lamb stew slow cooked with onion, garlic, jalapeño, ginger, and Ethiopian spices.
      $21.85
    • Yebozena Shiro

      Spiced chickpea flour cooked with beef, berbere sauce, canola oil, onion, garlic, and ginger.
      $20.70
    • Zil-Zil Tibs

      Tesfa Special. Tender strips of charboiled beef spiced with ginger, onion, tomato, garlic, jalapeño, Ethiopian Spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian Butter).
      $21.85
    • Yebeg Tibs

      Tesfa Special. Lamb spiced with ginger, onion, tomato, garlic, jalapeño, Ethiopian Spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian Butter).
      $23.00
  • Meat Special Dishes

    • Kitfo

      Very lean beef chopped and warmed with spicy mitmitah, Korerima and kibbe (Ethiopian Butter) order it rare or medium. Served with homemade cheese.
      $21.85
    • Doro Wot

      Chicken gently simmered in onions, ginger, garlic, berbere (Ethiopian spice), kibbe, Korerima, Methi and Ajwain for hours to create a delightful stew (spicy). Served with hard boiled egg.
      $21.85
    • Asa Be-Shiro

      Tender pieces of catfish cooked with onions, ginger, garlic, and Ethiopian spices mixed with shiro.
      $21.85
    • Asa Leb-Leb

      Tesfa special. Filets of catfish marinated and cooked in canola oil tomato, jalapeno, garlic, ginger, onions and Ethiopian spices.
      $21.85
    • Yeasa Wot

      Filets of catfish mixed with onion, tomato, jalapeno, garlic, ginger, and Ethiopian spices cooked in canola oil.
      $21.85
    • Doro Tibs

      Sautéed chicken breast spiced with ginger, onion, garlic, tomato, jalapeno, Ethiopian spices, and kibbe (Ethiopian butter).
      $21.85
  • Beverages

    • Soda

      $4.60

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Menu Gallery

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