Chicken and Chickpea Tagine

Name: Chicken and Chickpea Tagine
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 8 pieces bone-in chicken; 1 can chickpeas, drained; 1 cup green olives; 2 preserved lemon quarters, peel chopped; 1 large onion, sliced; 4 cloves garlic; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp coriander; 1 tsp turmeric; ½ tsp ginger; 1 cup chicken broth; 2 tbsp olive oil; fresh cilantro to garnish

Moroccan slow-braised chicken tagine with chickpeas, preserved lemon and green olives. Browning the chicken first and setting it aside before the onion and spices cook is what builds a fond in the pan, deepening the braise once everything simmers back together.

Total time

70 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

55 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mediterranean

comfortchickenslow-cooked

Ingredients

8 piecesbone-in chicken

1 canchickpeas, drained

1 cupgreen olives

2preserved lemon quarters, peel chopped

1large onion, sliced

4 clovesgarlic

1 tspcumin

1 tspcoriander

1 tspturmeric

½ tspginger

1 cupchicken broth

2 tbspolive oil

fresh cilantroto garnish

Instructions

Brown chicken in oil; remove. Sauté onion and garlic; add all spices.

Return chicken; add broth, chickpeas, olives, and preserved lemon.

Cover; simmer 45 minutes until chicken is very tender.

Garnish with cilantro. Serve with couscous or crusty bread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

243

Protein

14.5g

Fat

17.7g

Carbs

8.4g

Fiber

3.1g

Sodium

1179mg

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