Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, moroccan chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Moroccan Chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Moroccan Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Saute onion, garlic, carrots and celery in same pan. And as Moroccans are known to do, we add in some dried fruits to balance things out. I chose a mixture of raisins and dried apricots. In a large bowl, combine carrots, chickpeas, onion, raisins, ginger, garlic, thyme, lemon zest, and olive oil; toss to coat.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have moroccan chicken using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moroccan Chicken:
- Prepare 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 1/2 tsp chili powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp ground ginger
- Make ready 1 tbsp paprika
- Get 1 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1 tbsp turmeric
- Take 2 lb chicken breasts
- Take 1 lb red or white onions
- Take 75 ml olive oil
- Get 2 clove garlic
- Get 6 oz ready to eat dried apricots or dates
- Make ready 2 oz raisins or sultanas
- Make ready 2 can 400 g chopped tomatoes
- Take 1/2 pints chicken stock
- Make ready 1 tbsp honey
- Prepare 2 oz sliced almonds
- Get coriander /cilantro (chopped)
The chicken thighs are seared to golden brown perfection, then combined with sauteed onions and spices and roasted until done. Be sure to use an oven safe pan so that you can transfer it from the stove to the oven without any issues. The Moroccan spice blend used on Moroccan chicken is usually a combination of cumin, turmeric, ginger powder, chili powder, salt and cayenne pepper. Moroccan chicken spices may vary by recipe!
Instructions to make Moroccan Chicken:
- Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes and place In a bowl, heat oven to 170C
- Place spices into a bowl and mix well (you can also do this in a screw top jar)
- Add spices to chicken and stir to coat evenly
- In a casserole heat 1 tablespoon oil, fry 1/4 of the chicken,stirring until sealed, remove from pan and repeat with remaining chicken (in batches)
- Grate or finely slice the onions, finely chop or puree the garlic, cut apricots / dates in half.
- Lower heat under the pan, add last tablespoon oil, fry onions until transparent, add garlic, don't allow to brown
- Place chicken in pan and add tomatoes, fruit, honey and stock. Stir, bring to the boil and put lid on. If using dates, remove stones.
- Place in oven and cook for approx 1 1/2 hours, stir a couple of times during cooking. Meanwhile lightly toast the almonds. Ensure chicken is cooked through.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with coriander and almonds.
- Serve with couscous, pilaf rice, or as we prefer, with foccacia (see other recipe) or other crusty bread to soak up the sauce.
- Experiment with dried fruit, eg. use mix of dates and apricots.
- You can substitute lamb for chicken (alter stock too!) may take slightly longer in oven.
The Moroccan spice blend used on Moroccan chicken is usually a combination of cumin, turmeric, ginger powder, chili powder, salt and cayenne pepper. Moroccan chicken spices may vary by recipe! What do I serve with Moroccan chicken? You can serve Moroccan chicken with whatever you would like! Make Moroccan chicken in a slow cooker, it's easy!
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