Moroccan chicken with moist couscous is within the top 10 of my favourite meals. Although this dish can be accompanied by rice, it is traditionally served with couscous. Do not be mistaking this dish as a chicken tagine, although similar, if you ask for chicken tagine the chances are it will not come with couscous.
This dish is quick and easy to prepare and full of flavour. Although traditionally cooked in a tagine pot, it is not essential but does help make it a centre-piece showstopper. Couscous tends to be a little dry, but in this recipe the couscous soaks up the sauce giving it moist texture.
Ingredients
- Whole fresh chicken x 1
- Fresh carrots x 2
- Butternut squash x 1
- Caugettes x 2
- Onions x 2
- Couscous x small 1 bag
- seedless dates
- Chickpeas (optional)
- Butter x 1 tbs
- Tagine pot
- Cumin powder x 2tbs
- Fresh garilic x 6 cloves
- Tomato puree
- Fresh chillies x 3
- Olive oil x 8 tbs
- Fresh coriander x 1 bunch
- Fresh parsley x 1 bunch
- salt & Pepper (add to taste)
- Flaked Almonds, half small bag
- Hot water x 5 cups
Preperation
Cut 1 whole chicken into 10 portions
Slice 2 Fresh onions about 1/4 inch thick. Use a sharp knife.
Peel your fresh carrots and cut into chunky portions
Peel and cut and remove the seeds, cut into chunky portions
Slice the fresh chillies, keep or discaed seeds (optional)
Cut the fresh caugettes in half and then in half lengthways.
Peel and chop the garlic, then roughly chop the fresh parsley and coriander and set aside in preparation for cooking.
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Start to cook
Put the chicken in a hot pan with olive oil. cook in batches to get it golden brown
Remove the chicken and in the same pan add the onions and cook until lightly golden brown
Return the sealed chicken to the pot. Add the fresh garlic, Chillies, and remainder of cumin powder & tomato puree. Give it a stir add water and allow to cook for 20 minutes.
Take the chicken out and add all the veg to the sauce. Cook for about 10 minutes, add the dates towards the end then take all the veg out and return the chicken to the pot but take off the heat.
Add boiling water and a knob of butter to the couscous in a bowl and leave for 20 minutes. dry fry the almond flakes in a pan. Put some couscous in the bottom of the tagine add the chicken and veg, sprinkle with almonds, place back on the stove on low heat (always use a Heat diffuser to protect your tagine pot) for 10 minutes and serve. JOB DONE.
How do you eat Traditional Moroccan chicken couscous?
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The same could be said for Moroccans. Traditionally this dish is eaten in its native habitat using your hands, and specifically your right hand as the left hand is supposed to be used for wiping you’re a–e.
Many cultures do eat with their hands and would probably have difficulty using a knife and fork. I guess to them watching us use a knife and Fork would be like us seeing someone eating KFC or McDonalds with a knife and Fork. (not that there is anything wrong with that. WIERDOS.)
I have to admit, there is a lot to be said for eating with your fingers, food does seem to taste better and there’s a reason why they say its finger licking good. However, as a westerner with minimum skills when it comes to eating with our hands, especially something like a Moroccan chicken Tagine or couscous, it could get messy, so a bit of advice from one westerner to another, unless in morocco. USE A KNIFE AND FORK.
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