Moroccan Chicken Tagine
Recipe: #32280
May 25, 2019
Categories: Poultry, Chicken, Grains, Couscous, Moroccan, Entertaining, Potluck, Slow Cooker, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Spices, Bone-in Pieces, Kosher Meat more
"From our Saturday newspaper The Weekend West. Times are estimated."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (494.2 g)
- Calories 728.5
- Total Fat - 23.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.7 g
- Cholesterol - 155.5 mg
- Sodium - 213.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 82.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.3 g
- Sugars - 14.8 g
- Protein - 49.3 g
- Calcium - 171.7 mg
- Iron - 5.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 43.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place flour in a large bowl and sason and working with one piece at a time, add chicken to flour and toss until well to coated and then shake off excess flour, reserving remainder.
Step 2
Heat oil in a large frying pan and add chicken in two batches, skin-side down first and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes each side, or until browned and then transfer chicken to a 5 to 6-litre slow cooker along with reserved flour.
Step 3
Add onions, garlic and ginger to same frying pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and then add paprika, cumin and coriander and cook, stirring, for 1 minute and then add to cooker with cinnamon quills and stock and cover with lid.
Step 4
Cook for about 6 hours on low, or about 4 hours on high, or until chicken pieces are tender and then stir in Sicilian olives.
Step 5
To make the herbed couscous, cook couscous according to package directions and stir in herbs, preserved lemon and pomegranate seeds and season to taste.
Step 6
Serve on herbed couscous and top with chopped lemon.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.