Mediterranean
Chicken Tagine with Apricots
Chicken Tagine with Apricots is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 8 bone-in chicken thighs
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 cup dried apricots
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Season the chicken thighs with the salt.
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy pot over medium-high and brown the chicken on both sides, about 4 minutes per side, then remove it.
- Lower the heat, add the onions, and cook until soft, about 6 minutes, then stir in the garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cumin, and turmeric until fragrant.
- Return the chicken, add the broth and apricots, and bring to a simmer.
- Cover and cook gently until the chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened, about 40 minutes.
- Toast the slivered almonds in a dry pan until golden.
- Scatter the almonds and cilantro over the tagine and serve.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken Tagine with Apricots carries tree nuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Fruit, Nuts and seeds, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chicken Tagine with Apricots takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on chicken, apricot, and almond.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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