Chicken tagine with apricots

Step 1 of 5

Cut chicken into 3 cm cubes, slice onion into half-moons and halve apricots. Chop coriander.

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12 min

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Ingredients

  • 650 gChicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw
  • 160 gApricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked
  • 220 gOnions, raw
  • 400 gTomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice
  • 35 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 400 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 4 gSpices, cumin seed
  • 3 gSpices, turmeric, ground
  • 3 gSpices, ginger, ground
  • 1 gSpices, cinnamon, ground
  • 1 gSpices, pepper, red or cayenne
  • 7 gSalt, table
  • 20 gCoriander (cilantro) leaves, raw

Method

  1. Cut chicken into 3 cm cubes, slice onion into half-moons and halve apricots. Chop coriander.
  2. Heat 35 g oil to 170 °C in a wide pot. Fry onion for 4 minutes, add chicken and turn it for 4 minutes until the surface turns opaque.
  3. Stir in cumin, turmeric, ginger, cayenne and cinnamon. Add tomatoes, 400 g water, apricots and salt, cover and braise at 95 °C for 28 minutes.
  4. Uncover and reduce gently for 20 minutes until sauce coats the chicken and the thickest piece reaches 74 °C. All oil and sauce remain in the ragout.
  5. Scatter with coriander, rest 7 minutes and divide into four portions without an uncounted side.