Name: Chicken Tagine with Apricots, Almonds & Chickpeas by thekitchn
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Moroccan Recipes
Ingredients: Olive oil; 3 pounds chicken legs and thighs (about 4 each); 1 yellow onion, diced; 1 carrot, peeled and diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 -inch piece ginger root, peeled and minced; 1 tsp coriander; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 cup chicken stock; 1 cup dried couscous; ½ cup dried apricots, roughly chopped; 1 tbsp honey; ¼ cup almonds, roughly chopped; 2 cups (1 15-oz can) chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 2 tbsp cilantro, optional, for serving

Let’s talk about this tagine for a second: it’s crazy good. The dish has so much going on—the fragrant and heavily-spiced sauce, the jammy apricots, the crunchy almonds—and yet it totally works. There’s good reason why this Moroccan dish is a classic.

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Chicken Tagine with Apricots, Almonds & Chickpeas

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time25 minsCook Time1 hrTotal Time1 hr 25 mins

Tagine is the name for both the North African dish and the vessel in which it's prepared. The idea is very similar to Western-style braising in Dutch ovens: combine ingredients, cover, and cook over low heat until tender and tasty. The tagine traps steam, creating a very moist cooking environment with even heat.

Olive oil

3 pounds chicken legs and thighs (about 4 each)

1 yellow onion, diced

1 carrot, peeled and diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 -inch piece ginger root, peeled and minced

1 tsp coriander

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup chicken stock

1 cup dried couscous

½ cup dried apricots, roughly chopped

1 tbsp honey

¼ cup almonds, roughly chopped

2 cups (1 15-oz can) chickpeas, drained and rinsed

2 tbsp cilantro, optional, for serving

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This is not a quick weeknight meal, by any means, but it is most certainly a lazy “make your house smell amazing” weekend kind of meal. It also makes terrific leftovers, so even if you aren’t throwing a dinner party or making Sunday dinner for your family, it’s worth making this for the meals it will give you all week long.

CategoryDinner, LunchCuisineMoroccan Recipes, North African RecipesCooking MethodMain CourseTags#almonds, #apricots, #chickentagine, #chickpeas, #classicmoroccandish, #moroccanrecipe, #thekitchn

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