Chicken Tagine
A Chicken Stew Recipe Straight from Morocco
Chicken Tagine has an abundance of warm inviting spices such as cumin, coriander, garlic and ginger. Everything blends together in a very aromatic chicken stew.
I must admit, I used spell and pronounce this dish "Tangine", until a friend of mine who visits North Africa on a regular basis told me there's no "N" in Tagine.
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The Tagine cookware originated with the Berbers, a nomadic people of North Africa. The word Tagine refers to the cooking pot (see picture left) as well as the stew that it's cooked in.
The pot has two parts, a round bottom pot and a conical top that has a hole to let out steam. It works like a slow cooker.
As you can imagine, water is in short supply when you live in a desert. The Tagine cookware was designed to retain the moisture that is present in the food. So, it isn't necessary to add a lot of extra water.
Don't worry though, you won't need to run out and buy one to make this recipe. You will be using a soup pot with a lid.
Chicken Tagine Recipe
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 50 min
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 package boneless and skinless chicken thighs (6-7) cut into bite sized pieces
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 1 chopped medium onion
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 2 Tablespoons minced fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 1 cup whole almonds blanched
- 1 cup green olives pitted
Preparation:
- Heat olive oil In large soup pot over high heat
- Place chicken in a small bowl and add flour
- Toss chicken to coat in flour
- Place chicken in heated pot and brown on all sides.
- Reduce heat to medium-low; add ginger, onion and garlic .
- Cook about 5 minutes.
- Stir in cumin, coriander and cook until aromatic, about 30 seconds.
- Add wine and increase heat to high and bring to boil.
- Cook until wine has reduced by half.
- Stir in chicken broth, olives, apricots and almonds and bring to simmer
- Reduce heat to low, cover pot and simmer for 45 minutes.
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