Chicken Tagine Recipe
Dates add a deliciously sweet flavour to this dish.
You may remember that a while back, I went to a Masterclass with Marco Pierre White and Knorr.
We all loved his idea of using something other than water to dissolve Knorr Stock Pots.
Recently, I was kindly sent another Seasonal box from Knorr and was given the challenge to either cook a Marco Pierre White recipe or come up with a recipe of my own.
Inspired by Marco Pierre White's idea with the Knorr Stock Pots, I used tomato juice rather than water in the Knorr Stock Pot in my 'make it up as I go along recipe.
Even if I do say so myself, the result was something truly delicious, chicken in a lightly spiced and slightly jammy, rich and thick sauce.
Of course, you don't have to buy a Tagine; you can use a lidded casserole dish instead.
But I'm obsessed with Tagines! I especially love my Emile Henry Tagine. 😊
If you don't like dates, you might like this Moroccan Chicken Tagine Recipe.
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Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Dates
Delicious tagine recipe. It can be made in a casserole dish if you don't have a tagine.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons Baharat spice mix
- 2 teaspoons of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- a little olive oil
- 4 chicken breast fillets - skin on
- a couple of glugs of olive oil
- 2 large onions - finely diced
- 2 nice fat cloves of garlic - finely chopped
- 1 Knorr chicken stock pot
- 320 ml tomato juice
- 1 x 400g (14oz) can of cherry tomatoes - good quality ones or your sauce won't be half as nice
- a good pinch of saffron - soaked in a tiny bit of cold water
- a good squeeze of runny honey
- a large handful of soft dates - halved
- a handful of raisins
- a handful of toasted flaked almonds
- chopped coriander
- couscous
Instructions
- Rub the spice paste you made over your chicken. Heat a glug or two of olive oil in a large frying pan or your tagine if it is flame-proof.
- Put the chicken in the pan skin side down to brown it. Turn over for just a couple of seconds to seal, then remove the chicken and set it aside.
- Without washing the pan (so you don't waste any of the lovely spice mix, heat up another glug of olive oil and add the onions.
- Cook over low heat for 10 minutes until the onions are soft but not coloured; add the garlic for a final couple of minutes, but don't let it burn. Now add the chicken to the onions and garlic.
- Squeeze the Knorr stock pot from its little tub straight into the tagine or casserole and add 320ml of tomato juice and stir to dissolve.
- Add the tin of cherry tomatoes, including the juice. Stir in the dissolved saffron and a good squeeze of honey along with the dates and raisins.
- Bring to the boil, pop the lid on and then put the tagine into the oven for 1 hour or until the chicken is tender. Check on it after 45 minutes.
- You can add a little more tomato juice if you think it's going dry.
- Sprinkle over the chopped coriander and toasted flaked almonds and serve with some couscous.
Hi Jan!
ReplyDeleteI must say, that's what I'm calling one tasty looking dish. It looks amazing and I'm sure it tastes mighty good too!!!
Thank you so much for sharing...
BTW, I'm your newest Pinterest follower!!!
Hello Jan,
ReplyDeleteFirst time on your blog and I was drawn by the photo of your Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Dates & Honey. Marco Pierre White is a superb chef and I like alot of his ideas with food. But I must say, the Knorr seasonal box with tomato juice sounded really good. The result in your pic looks fantastic and I like the thick consistency in the sauce created. I must give your recipe a try. Looks like a culinary work of art! :)