Best Taginetajine Chicken With Carrots Recipes

CHICKEN TAGINE

Chicken Tagine image

This Moroccan slow cooker dish is the perfect blend of sweetness and spice.

Provided by KJones

Categories World Cuisine Recipes African North African Moroccan

Time 5h30m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 eggplant, cut into 1 inch cubes
2 large onions, thinly sliced
4 large carrots, thinly sliced
½ cup dried cranberries
½ cup chopped dried apricots
2 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons garlic salt
1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup water
1 cup couscous

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place the chicken pieces and eggplant in the heated oil; stir and cook until the chicken is browned on all sides but not cooked through. Remove the skillet from the heat.
Place the browned chicken and eggplant on the bottom of a slow cooker. Layer the onion, carrots, dried cranberries, and apricots over the chicken.
Whisk together the chicken broth, tomato paste, lemon juice, flour, garlic salt, cumin, ginger, cinnamon, and ground black pepper in a bowl. Pour the broth mixture into the slow cooker with the chicken and vegetables.
Cook on High setting for 5 hours, or on Low setting for 8 hours.
Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Stir in couscous, and remove from heat. Cover, and let stand about 5 minutes, until liquid has been absorbed. Fluff with a fork.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 379.7 calories, Carbohydrate 38.5 g, Cholesterol 64.7 mg, Fat 15.2 g, Fiber 4.2 g, Protein 22.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 571 mg, Sugar 14.1 g

TAGINE/TAJINE - CHICKEN WITH CARROTS

Tagine/Tajine - Chicken With Carrots image

Found online and posted so I can find it again, this recipe comes from: http://www.tagines.com/chicken_carrots.cfm

Provided by Impera_Magna

Categories Chicken

Time 2h15m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts (or legs and thighs, or a whole chicken cut up)
2 onions, chopped
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 pinch saffron thread
1 cinnamon stick
1 garlic clove, chopped
black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 lbs carrots, peeled & thickly sliced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon honey
squeeze lemon juice

Steps:

Cut the chicken breasts in half.
Place half the onions, chicken, garlic, ginger, pepper, salt, saffron and olive oil in the bottom of the tagine and mix thoroughly.
Add 1/2 a cup of water and set on low heat on the stove or 250 F in the oven.
Bring to a boil and slow simmer for 30 minutes.
Nicely arrange the remaining onion, carrots, 3 tbsp each of the parsley and cilantro, and then the honey.
Stir and continue simmering uncovered for 60 minutes more until the liquid is reduced to a thick sauce.
Stir in a generous squeeze of lemon juice.
Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 316.8, Fat 16.1, SaturatedFat 3.6, Cholesterol 61.9, Sodium 556, Carbohydrate 21.6, Fiber 4.9, Sugar 11.4, Protein 22