Best Chicken Tagine

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 3 large garlic cloves, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon chopped gingerroot
• 1 1/2 tablespoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups water or 2 cups chicken stock
• 300 g chickpeas (or fresh)
• 425 g diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon coriander root (finely chopped)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 4 skinless chicken thighs or 6 -8 skinless chicken drumsticks
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon coriander leaves (to garnish)
• 1 cup couscous
• 2 teaspoons chicken stock powder
• 2 tablespoons toasted almonds

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in heavy large pot over medium heat.
• 2 brown chicken and remove.
• 3 add onion, garlic, and ginger to the pot. cover and cook until onion is tender, stirring often, about 5 minutes.
• 4 add paprika, turmeric, ground coriander, ground cumin, cayenne pepper and cinnamon and stir 1 minute to lightly 'toast' the spices.
• 5 stir in 2 cups water, chickpeas, tomatoes with juices, honey and coriander roots. bring to boil. reduce heat, cover, and simmer 10 minutes.
• 6 sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; add to pot. cover and simmer for about 50 minutes - or until the chicken is cooked and tender.
• 7 add more water to cover the chicken if liquid has evaporated.
• 8 when the chicken is almost ready, begin to prepare the cous-cous as per packet instructions. add the chicken stock powder to the cous cous. when the cous cous has absorbed the liquid, add the almonds and stir through.
• 9 if using drumsticks, remove the drumsticks and strip the meat from the bones. return the meat back to the mixture and mix through.
• 10 stir sesame seeds through.
• 11 serve on a bed of cous cous, garnished with coriander leaves.