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Chicken Tagine with Date and Ginger
Chicken Tagine with Date and Ginger

Chicken Tagine with Date and Ginger

Felicity MacLeod

Felicity MacLeod

Prep 30 mins30m
Cook 30 mins30m
Serves 6

A really tasty tagine, full of veggies and flavour

Ingredients

  • 80 ml olive oil
  • ½ lemon (Juiced)
  • 6 pearl onions (Quartered)
  • 1 leek (Whit part only, 1 cm diced)
  • 2 cloves garlic (Finely sliced)
  • 2 large red chillies (Seeded, cut into strips)
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 10 Treads saffron
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • ½ cup parsley
  • 600 g chicken thigh (Chopped into large pieces)
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 500 g chicken stock
  • 80 g fresh madjool date (Seeds removed, quartered)
  • 6 dutch carrots (Peeled, stalks on, cut in ½)
  • 2 tomatoes (Seeded and diced)
  • 400 g tinned chickpea (Drained and rinsed)

Instructions

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  • 1
    Heat oil, add onions, leeks, garlic and cook until soften
  • 2
    Add chilli, pepper, saffron, cinnamon and ginger, stir well
  • 3
    Season chicken pieces with sea salt and sauté in spice mixture for , until we'll coated
  • 4
    Add stock, bring to boil, lower heat and simmer for
  • 5
    Add dates, carrots, tomatoes, chickpeas and stir (hint: make sure the carrots are submerged in the stock)
  • 6
    Bring back to boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for or until the chicken is tender
  • 7
    Add parsley and lemon juice
  • 8
    Serve with pilaf or cous cous

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