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Recipe: Chicken tagine with Dates and Honey
Updated: May 14, 2019
POSTED ON MARCH 7, 2016
Chef: Dev Malik
Cuisine: Moroccan
Category: Main Course
Serves: 4-6
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes
Prepn/Marin: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 kg. Chicken, boneless
2 tbsp. Olive oil
2 Onions, finely sliced
4 Garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp. Cumin seeds
1 tsp. Ground ginger
1 tsp. Ground turmeric
1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
½ tsp. Chilly powder
¼ tsp. Nutmeg
375 ml Chicken stock
250 ml Water
85gms. Seedless dates, halved
60 ml Honey
80 gms. Blanched almonds, toasted.
1 tbsp. Chopped fresh coriander leaves.
As required Salt
Method:
Cut the chicken into strips. Heat 1 tbsp. of the oil in a pan, add chicken in batches, and cook stirring until brown. Drain on absorbent paper.
Heat remaining oil in the same pan, add onions, garlic, cumin seeds and the other spices. Cook stirring until onions are soft.
Return chicken to pan with stock and water. Simmer covered for 10 minutes. Remove lid. Simmer about 10 minutes or until mixture thickens slightly and chicken is tender. Adjust seasoning.
Stir in dates, almonds honey and nuts. Sprinkle with fresh coriander.