Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper, coarse ground
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 small brown onions
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 400 g chicken thigh fillets, diced
• 800 g diced tomatoes
• 800 g chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 200 ml chicken stock
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 finely dice the onions and sauté in a large pot with the spice mix, using the olive oil.
• 2 when the onions and spice mix starts to give off a fragrant smell, add in the diced chicken. fry this off for 2 minutes.
• 3 add the cans tomato, stock, 1 cup of water, chickpeas and the juice of half a lemon.
• 4 season with salt and pepper and let this simmer for 15 minutes. if it gets to thick too quickly add in more water.