Enjoy all the rich flavours of a chicken tagine with the convenience of a traybake-style casserole. This baked tagine is packed with apricots, olives and chickpeas.
Our cheat’s chicken tagine for two is on the table in just 15 mins.
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Ingredients
- 8 small free-range chicken thighs
- 2 medium red onions, cut into wedges
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 x 400g tins chickpeas, drained
- 2 tbsp rose harissa
- 100g pitted green olives
- 50g dried apricots, chopped
- 1 preserved lemon, pith removed, thinly sliced
- Bunch flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped
- Natural yogurt and flatbreads to serve
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Method
- Heat the oven to 180ºC fan/gas 6. Slash the skin of the chicken with a sharp knife and put in a baking dish or shallow casserole with the onion wedges. Mix the spices with the olive oil and season well with salt, then toss this with the chicken and onions. Roast, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
- Add the chickpeas to the roasting tin with the harissa, olives, apricots and preserved lemon, then cook for a further 25 minutes. Scatter with parsley and serve with yogurt and flatbreads.
Nutrition
- 543kcals Calories
- 24.4g (4.9g saturated) Fat
- 43.9g Protein
- 30.9g (10.8g sugars) Carbs
- 12.2g Fibre
- 1.6g Salt
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