Moroccan Chicken and Vegetable Tagine
Savour the tastes and smells of the souk with this authentic Moroccan chicken and vegetable tagine recipe. Packed with vegetables, chickpeas, dates, alongside an array of aromatic spices, this recipe is a one pot dish full of flavour.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 610kcal
Equipment
- 1 Medium Size Casserole with lid
Ingredients
- 800 g skinless and boneless chicken thighs
- 2 onions preferably red, cut into wedges
- 2 carrots cut into 1cm rounds
- 1 aubergine cut into 1cm cubes
- 1 red pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp rose harissa or a pinch of dried chilli flakes
- 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 400 g tinned chickpeas or the equivalent of dried and cooked
- 100 g pitted green olives whole
- 100 g dried dates roughly chopped
- 1/2 lemon thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley roughly chopped
Instructions
- Roughly chop the chicken into 3cm/1" chunks and place in a large casserole dish, which has a lid, along with the onions, carrots and aubergine and 2tbsp olive oil.
- Add all the spices and the olive oil to the casserole, season well, and mix well to coat the chicken and vegetables.
- Place on a medium to high heat, stirring regularly for 10 minutes. Do not let the spices burn, turn down the heat if this starts to happen (and add a splash of water if necessary).
- Add the harissa paste, the drained and rinsed chickpeas, and tinned tomatoes along with a can of water.
- Next add in the green olives, the chopped dates and the sliced lemon. Give everything a good stir to combine all the flavours and put the lid on and simmer over a low to medium heat for 20 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes of so.
- Scatter with the parsley and serve the tagine alongside some freshly steamed couscous.
Notes
- Substitute a can of chickpeas with dried ones in this no soak recipe
- This dish is great for using whatever vegetables you have to hand. In addition to those used above, you could add sweet potatoes or courgettes, for example.
- You could omit the chicken making this vegetarian, by adding an extra vegetable or two – particularly root vegetables such as celeriac, sweet potato, parsnip or turnip.
- If you like your dishes on the more spicy side then feel free to double the amount of harissa paste.
- Flatbreads or rice could be an alternative to serving the tagine with couscous.
Nutrition
Calories: 610kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 190mg | Sodium: 1057mg | Potassium: 1681mg | Fiber: 16g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 6588IU | Vitamin C: 65mg | Calcium: 168mg | Iron: 6mg