Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash
Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash

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Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash A hearty tagine with north African spices. I used a honeynut squash from a friend's garden, but you can use any autumn squash like butternut or acorn. This simplified version combines chicken with dates, which mostly disappear into the stew, imparting a honeyed sweetness.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken tagine with honeynut squash using 20 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash:
  1. Take 2 Tbsp ras el hanout (recipe in method)
  2. Make ready 2.5 tsp salt
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
  4. Prepare 2 Tbsp olive oil
  5. Get 1 lb chicken thighs, cut into chunks
  6. Take 1 onion, sliced
  7. Prepare 4 cloves garlic smashed
  8. Prepare 2 inch knob ginger, grated
  9. Take 3/4 cup dried apricots, quartered
  10. Take 1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes
  11. Make ready 2 cups hot water
  12. Take 1 Bou chicken bouillon cube
  13. Make ready 1 cup diced squash
  14. Make ready 1 cup pitted green olives, halved
  15. Get 2 Tbsp ghee or oil
  16. Take 8 oz frozen spinach, thawed
  17. Make ready 1 cup parked couscous
  18. Prepare 1 cup cilantro, chopped
  19. Get 1 lemon
  20. Prepare 1/4 cup pistachios, chopped

A tagine is a North African stew cooked in a shallow, conical clay pot that goes by the same name. This richly aromatic dish features the warm spices and sweet-briny flavor profile common in Moroccan cooking. To simplify prep, look for already peeled and seeded butternut squash in the produce section of the supermarket. Easy Moroccan chicken tagine with butternut squash is a perfect, flavoursome, family meal taking just one hour to make.

Instructions to make Chicken Tagine with Honeynut Squash:
  1. 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.
  2. Combine the olive oil, ras el hanout, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
  3. 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.
  4. Add half the spice paste to the chicken and mix.
  5. Add the ginger to remaining spice mix.
  6. Dissolve the bouillon cube in 2 cups of hot water.
  7. Combine the onion and garlic in a bowl.
  8. Combine the apricot and tomato in a bowl
  9. Combine the olives and squash in a bowl.
  10. Heat the ghee in a skillet over medium-high heat.
  11. Add the onion and garlic and brown.
  12. Add the remaining spice mix and cook until fragrant.
  13. Add the onion mixture to the tagine
  14. Deglaze the skillet with the tomatoes, apricots and 1/2 cup of the stock.
  15. Transfer the tomatoes to the tagine.
  16. Nestle the chicken into the tagine
  17. Cover with the lid and bake for 45 min.
  18. Add the squash and the olives and continue baking for another 30-45 min.
  19. Meanwhile, combine the cilantro, the zest of the lemon, the juice of the lemon, and the pistachios.
  20. 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.
  21. When the squash is tender, add the spinach over top and continue cooking for 10 min.
  22. Remove the tagine from the oven and top with the cilantro mixture.
  23. Serve in deep bowls with the couscous and lots of the tagine.

Folks, I've made this easy Moroccan chicken tagine with butternut squash recipe for several reasons. How to make Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Butternut Squash, Chickpeas and Olives in a slow cooker: Start by combining the vegetables, chickpeas and olives at the bottom of the slow cooker. Combine the spices in a small bowl and sprinkle half on the chicken thighs. Brown the chicken thighs well then place on the vegetables. Tweaked a bit from Cook's Illustrated, this is my favorite chicken tagine, the traditional Moroccan dish of chicken pieces braised with spices, garlic, onion, olives, and preserved lemons.

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