Chicken and Apricot Tagine
This Moroccan dish brings an exotic flavour to your classic chicken stew, with bursts of sweetness from NZ grown dried apricots. Heart-warming and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Olivado Olive Oil
- 2 onions finely sliced
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 3 cm fresh ginger grated
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 500 g Waitoa Free Range Boneless Chicken Thighs diced
- 400 g chopped tomatoes 1 tin
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 120 g Alison’s Pantry dried apricots halved
- ½ cup green olives
- 1 tbsp runny honey
- 2 cups cooked couscous
- 1 cup Superb Herb Fresh Coriander roughly chopped
- sliced almonds and coriander to garnish
Instructions
- In a large pan or tagine, heat the oil over medium heat and soften the onions until translucent. Add the minced garlic, ginger and spices, stirring through until fragrant.
- Add diced chicken to the tagine and fry until browned.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, chicken stock stock, apricots, olives and honey and bring to a light boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the chicken thighs are cooked through.
- Once cooked stir through the cooked couscous and garnish with sliced almonds and coriander.
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Can this be done in a slow cooker? If so, how would I amend the recipe to make it work on low.
Hi Nikki,
You could definitely use a slow cooker with this recipe! If you had time I would recommend browning the chicken and softening the onion first for a bit of added flavour, but alternately you could pop everything into the slow cooker for around 6-8 hours dependant on the size of your chicken thighs. I would also stir in 2 Tbsp flour mixed with water to form a paste to give the thick consistency you would reach from bubbling the sauce. Let us know how this works out!