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Ingredients
Equipment
- Tagine or Dutch ovenAlternative: Heavy-bottomed pot with lid
- Wooden spoon
★ = Essential
Instructions
Season Bone-in chicken thighs with salt, pepper, cumin, and ginger. Heat oil in tagine or Dutch oven over medium heat.
✓ Checkpoint: Oil shimmers and spices smell fragrantBrown Bone-in chicken thighs skin-side down for 6 minutes until golden. Flip and cook 2 minutes more. Remove and set aside.
✓ Checkpoint: Deep golden crust forms on skinAdd sliced Yellow onion and minced Garlic cloves to the same pot. Cook until softened, 5 minutes.
✓ Checkpoint: Onions are translucent and garlic fragrantReturn chicken to pot. Add Dried apricots, Honey, Chicken stock, and a pinch of saffron. Bring to simmer.
✓ Checkpoint: Liquid begins to bubble gentlyCover and cook on low heat for 35 minutes until chicken is tender and sauce has thickened.
✓ Checkpoint: Chicken pulls easily from bone and sauce coats spoon
Nutrition
(per serving)
Storage
Refrigerator: 3 days
Freezer: 3 months
Cool completely before refrigerating. Sauce thickens on standing.
Reheating: Reheat gently on stovetop with splash of water or stock.
Variations
- Spicy Harissa Tagine: Stir in 2 tbsp harissa paste with the stock
- Almond and Olive Tagine: Add 80g toasted almonds and 100g green olives in final 10 minutes
- Lamb and Apricot Tagine: Replace chicken with 800g lamb shoulder cut into chunks; increase simmer time to 90 minutes