Traditional Moroccan Berber Chicken and Vegetables Tagine
Savor the exotic taste of Moroccan cooking with our easy recipe of Berber chicken tagine. Try it now and spice up your dinner game tonight!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 medium red onion thinly sliced
- 4 chicken thighs or breasts, or whole chicken skinless
- 1 large potato peeled and quartered
- 1 large carrot peeled and cut into strips
- 1 large courgette sliced lenghtwise
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil or olive oil
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp parsley and coriander mix finely chopped
- 1 cup water
- 1 handfull of golden raisins
Instructions
- Spread the onion slices in the bottom of the tagine, then place on top of them the chicken thighs.
- Arrange the vegetables on top, then drizzle the oil over them.
- Mix the spices with parsley and coriander, and water in a small mixing bowl, then pour it all over the veggies and chicken. Put on the lid and let it cook over very low heat for 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle the raisins on top, then put on the lid and cook them for another 25 to 35 minutes until the chicken is done.
- Once the veggies and chicken are done, serve your tagine right away with some bread and enjoy!
Notes
If you love chicken skin, you can leave the skin-on chicken thighs, or whatever chicken pieces you are using. I personally don't like chicken skin until it's fried, so I like to remove it for this recipe.