Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash
by Nancy McGuire
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken tagine with honeynut squash using 20 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash:
Take 2 Tbsp ras el hanout (recipe in method)
Get 2.5 tsp salt
Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
Take 2 Tbsp olive oil
Take 1 lb chicken thighs, cut into chunks
Prepare 1 onion, sliced
Get 4 cloves garlic smashed
Get 2 inch knob ginger, grated
Get 3/4 cup dried apricots, quartered
Prepare 1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes
Prepare 2 cups hot water
Prepare 1 Bou chicken bouillon cube
Take 1 cup diced squash
Get 1 cup pitted green olives, halved
Prepare 2 Tbsp ghee or oil
Take 8 oz frozen spinach, thawed
Make ready 1 cup parked couscous
Prepare 1 cup cilantro, chopped
Prepare 1 lemon
Get 1/4 cup pistachios, chopped
Steps to make Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash:
If you're using a traditional tagine, begin by preheating the oven with tagine inside at 325F. If you don't have a tagine, you can do this recipe on the stove top in a Dutch oven and transfer to the oven later on.
Combine the olive oil, ras el hanout, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
Ras el hanout: 12 green cardamom pods. 4 black cardamom pods. 4 tsp cumin seeds. 4 tsp coriander seeds. 2 tsp anise seeds. 1/2 tsp allspice berries. 1/4 tsp black peppercorns. 4 tsp ground ginger. 2 tsp nutmeg. 2 tsp Aleppo pepper. 2 tsp cinnamon. Grind all in spice mill. If you want to use a premixed Moroccan spice blend that's fine too.
Add half the spice paste to the chicken and mix.
Add the ginger to remaining spice mix.
Dissolve the bouillon cube in 2 cups of hot water.
Combine the onion and garlic in a bowl.
Combine the apricot and tomato in a bowl
Combine the olives and squash in a bowl.
Heat the ghee in a skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the onion and garlic and brown.
Add the remaining spice mix and cook until fragrant.
Add the onion mixture to the tagine
Deglaze the skillet with the tomatoes, apricots and 1/2 cup of the stock.
Transfer the tomatoes to the tagine.
Nestle the chicken into the tagine
Cover with the lid and bake for 45 min.
Add the squash and the olives and continue baking for another 30-45 min.
Meanwhile, combine the cilantro, the zest of the lemon, the juice of the lemon, and the pistachios.
Add the remaining 1.5 cups stock to a small pot. Bring to a boil and add the couscous. Cook on low, covered for 10 min followed by removing from heat and letting sit to steam.
When the squash is tender, add the spinach over top and continue cooking for 10 min.
Remove the tagine from the oven and top with the cilantro mixture.
Serve in deep bowls with the couscous and lots of the tagine.
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