Moroccan Middle easternDinner

🍋Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon

Name: Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Middle eastern (Moroccan)
Ingredients: 300 g chicken thighs; 0.5 cup couscous; 1 medium onion; 0.5 piece preserved lemon; 4 tbsp green olives; 1 tbsp ras el hanout; 1 pinch saffron; 1 tsp ginger; 3 tbsp cilantro; 2 tbsp olive oil

Authentic moroccan middle eastern dinner you can cook at home in about 75 minutes. 10 simple ingredients, step-by-step.

Total time

75 min

Serves

Per serving

680 kcal

Difficulty

Medium

Ingredients (1 servings)

300 gchicken thighs
0.5 cupcouscous
1 mediumonion
0.5 piecepreserved lemon
4 tbspgreen olives
1 tbspras el hanout
1 pinchsaffron
1 tspginger
3 tbspcilantro
2 tbspolive oil

Instructions

1
Brown chicken in tagine; remove. Sauté onion + ginger + ras el hanout 5 min.
2
Return chicken with saffron water + 1.5 cups water; cover and simmer 45 min.
3
Add olives and chopped preserved lemon rind in last 10 min.
4
Make couscous per package. Serve with chicken + cilantro shower.

Nutrition per serving

680

kcal · Calories

g · Protein

g · Carbs

g · Fat

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