My inspiration for today’s dinner comes from the website, Elle a Table http://cuisine.elle.fr/Elle-a-Table/Recettes-de-cuisine/Confit-de-poulet-aux-fruits-secs-833698 and it’s a good one. With the spices and dried fruit, it has a Moroccan-like flavor. Good thing I was in tajine mode today. So easy and so good!
Tajine Chicken with Dried Fruit
8 chicken thighs, seasoned with salt and pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1 inch fresh ginger, grated
4 tbsp chopped cilantro
1 bouquet garni(some dried thyme sprigs with a bay leaf)
1 tsp each cinnamon, cumin, tumeric and 4 spice powder
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup dried and seeded prunes
2 cups water
In a tajine or an oven proof receptacle, brown the chicken in the olive oil. Add the garlic, ginger, cilantro, bouquet garni and all the spices. Stir to blend, then arrange the chicken skin side up. Add the water and cook in a 400 degree Fahrenheit oven for 30 minutes, uncovered. Add the fruit and continue to cook for another 20 minutes.
Wine suggestion: Cote du Rhone
I love cooking savoury things with fruit. I sent a very good recipe to my son, Sam, which is called lamb Polo and is cooked with lamb shoulder and dried apricots and served with Persian rice.
Well you know how I feel about lamb! That sounds delicious.
Oh that chicken is making my mouth water! It looks so moist. I have been wanting to buy a tagine for a while now, and saw one at a mall in Doha. I didn’t pick it up because I didn’t know how it would fit in my suitcase. Regretting it now!
Thank you Cinnamin. The chicken was very moist and flavorful with the spices. Good luck finding a tajine!
Looks wonderful. I need to cook with dried fruit and I need to restock on chicken thighs.
There’s always room in the freezer for chicken thighs 🙂
This looks delicious. I have everything but the chicken thighs, so I’m saving this one for later.
I have been out of town for some time and have been catching up on all of your posts. It isn’t near time to eat but your beautiful photos and recipes have me starving. Your recipe reminds me of my Moroccan chicken stew, so you know I will be trying your wonderful sounding recipe.
Thank you and welcome back.
Looks terrific! The recipe looks so simple too.
That’s what I liked about it. It was so simple.
Looks fabulous! I might need to invest in a tajine…
Get one that can cook on the stove top and also go in the oven.
This looks divine! I don’t have a tagine, but I think I’m getting one now. 🙂
It looks awesome… yummy, can you send by post?.
🙂
So beautiful!
That looks absolutely delicious. It looks both comforting and heart warming. Definitely a must try !
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