Moroccan Style Chicken and Apricot Tagine
By: Dange
Published: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:52pm

Ingredients




Spices for marinating the chicken:
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger paste
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
500 grams Chicken
50 grams raisins
300 grams apricots (may be canned)
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
2 bay leaves
1 cinnamon stick
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 1/2 cups stock

Preparation

1 Cut chicken into desired size pieces. Mixe spices for marinating the chicken and rub them into chicken pieces. Marinate it for at least an hour. Cut pitted apricots into halves. 2 Heat the oil, fry marinated chicken pieces and remove them from the skillet. Fry chopped onion in a heavy bottomed pan for about 5 minutes. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin, coriander, mix everything well and fry for a few seconds. Add the fried chicken, apricots, raisins, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. 3 Add stock add tomato paste, mix well and cover the pot. When it starts boiling reduce the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Usually its served with couscous.