Tagine
Slow-cooked stew in a cone-lidded pot
Think of it as: Like a slow-cooker stew in a pot shaped like a wizard's hat
A pot wearing a wizard's hat.
What does it taste like?
Fragrant with warm spices, salty-sour preserved lemon and briny olives.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureTender and falling apart
What is it?
Meat and vegetables slow-steamed with very little water in a clay pot with a cone-shaped lid, a Moroccan classic. The pot shares the dish's name. Chicken with preserved lemon and olives, and beef with prunes, are famous versions.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
The pot goes in the middle of the table, and everyone scoops it up with bread (khobz), eating with the right hand.
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Ingredients
- Chicken thighs 600 g
- Onions 2
- Preserved lemon 1
- Green olives 15
- Garlic 2 cloves
- Ginger, turmeric and cumin, 1 tsp each
- Saffron, a pinch
- Olive oil 3 tbsp
Can't find it? No preserved lemon? Use lemon juice, salt and lemon zest.
How to make it (one way)
- Rub the chicken with spices, garlic and olive oil and leave for 1 hour
- Line the tagine with sliced onion
- Arrange the chicken, add about 100 ml water and cover
- Steam-cook on low heat for about 1 hour
- Add the preserved lemon and olives and cook another 15 minutes