Spicy Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Recipe by Annabel Langbein

Ingredients


  • 18 chicken drumsticks, or 14-16 chicken pieces
  • 1 tbsp morrocan spice rub
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and ground black pepper
  • 2 onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 chillies, minced
  • 1 tsp eac ground cumin, coriander, ginger
  • 4 cardamom pods, crushed
  • 400g can pulped tomatoes
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup dried apricots
  • 1/2 cup fruit chutney, eg peach or mango

Method


  1. Sprinkle chicken with Moroccan rub and massage in to coat. Heat oil in a large heavy ovenproof pan or pot. Brown chicken pieces well all over in batches. Put to one side.
  2. Add onions, garlic, and all spices to pan and cook gently for 5-6 minutes. Mix in tomatoes, water, optional saffron and apricots, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add chicken back into pan and bake covered at 180 degrees for 1 hour. Add chutney and season to taste.

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