Recipe: Perfect Moroccan chicken tagine

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Moroccan chicken tagine. Chicken seasoned with a spice blend including cinnamon and cumin is simmered with apricots and raisins in the sweet Moroccan chicken tagine. TESTED & PERFECTED RECIPES – Chicken tagine is a traditional Moroccan dish of chicken pieces braised with spices, garlic, onion, olives, and preserved lemons. It's a festive, exotic-tasting dish – perfect for special occasions – but it's also easy enough to throw together on a weeknight.

Honestly, most of the time, I make my Moroccan chicken tagine with whatever vegetable leftovers I have.

Tagines are stews that meld sweet and savory flavors.

For distinctive color and flavor, add saffron to the tagine.

You can cook Moroccan chicken tagine using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Moroccan chicken tagine

1. It’s 500 g of chicken (cut into pieces or just thighs).

2. Prepare of Chicken liver.

3. Prepare 3/4 cup of water or chicken broth.

4. It’s 2 of onions (grated).

5. You need of Potatoes or other vegetables.

6. It’s of The pulp of 1 large preserved lemon.

7. You need 1 handful of fresh parsley.

8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground ginger.

9. You need 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.

10. You need 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin.

12. It’s 1/2 tablespoon of salt.

13. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of turmeric.

14. You need of Few leaves of Saffron.

15. Prepare 2 tablespoon of olive oil.

16. You need Pinch of salt and ground ginger.

17. It’s 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.

18. It’s Handful of green olives.

19. Prepare of Bread.

The combination of spices and vegetable flavors are amazing.

This can also be made in a Dutch oven.

A nice ethnic alternative to chicken stew.

Learn how to prepare and cure a tagine dish also.

Moroccan chicken tagine instructions

1. Start by preparing the ingredients: Finely chop the pulp of the preserved lemon, and the parsley..

2. In a large bowl separate the chicken pieces and combine: the chopped parsley, chopped preserved lemon pulp, ginger, cumin, pepper, turmeric, saffron and olive oil..

3. Mix very well the ingredients and make sure that every piece of the chicken is well immersed into the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for around an hour..

4. In a medium-large pot, drizzle the olive oil and add the pealed and grated onions, with a little bit of salt and ginger..

5. When the onions become soft and transparent, add the chicken with its marinade..

6. On low-medium heat, cover the pot and cook for around 15-20..

7. When the chicken and the onion both release their juices, add the water and reduce the heat to low. Cover the pot, and let the chicken cook for an hour or so..

8. When the chicken has become tender, add the lemon juice, the olives, the chicken liver and the potatoes, and let everything cook uncovered until the sauce thickens..

9. Serve when hot, and if you want to eat the Moroccan way, serve with French bread, and eat with your hands..

Add chicken, and brown on all sides.

Transfer to tagine, if you are using one, or leave in skillet.

Learn how to make Moroccan Chicken Tagine.

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