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Chicken and Date Tagine
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Minutes
Ready In: 11 Minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
8 chicken thighs, on the bone, skin on
1 small butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks
1 red onion, cut into wedges
300 ml chicken stock
400 g cherry tomatoes
1 cinnamon stick
8 medjool dates, halved
coriander leaves, from a large bunch
1 small red onion, roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
thumb sized piece gingerroot, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon mild chili powder
coriander, roots from a large bunch
1 lemon, zested and juiced
olive oil
Directions:
1. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5.
2. Put all the spice paste ingredients in a small food processor with 2 tbsp olive oil and whizz to a paste.
3. Brown the chicken thighs all over in a tagine or large, wide pan.
4. Scoop out then add the spice paste and cook for a few minutes until fragrant.
5. Add the squash, onion, stock, tomatoes and cinnamon and stir.
6. Sit the chicken on top (push down a bit into the sauce). Cook uncovered in the oven for 40 mins then add the dates and cook for anothe r20 minutes - the chicken should be browned and cooked and the sauce reduced.
7. Scatter with coriander and serve with buttered couscous.
By RecipeOfHealth.com