Moroccan Chicken

Submitted by Frugal Fifer

"This is a delicious and easy chicken dish that I hastily jotted down while watching the lovely Rachel Allen on TV one Saturday Morning. I liked it because it did not need too many special ingredients, other than a few spices, which a lot of people may have to hand anyway. I used chicken breast when I made it and it fed my family easily, feel free to use whatever cut of chicken you prefer."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 6 chicken breast fillets, skinless
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, grated
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds or 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds or 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• salt
• pepper
• 2 (400 g) cans chopped tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon oil, for frying

directions

1. Heat a large heavy based pan, preferably one with a lid, add oil and when hot add diced onion and grated ginger and garlic, cook till soft but not coloured.
2. If using whole spices, dry fry then in a small pan before grinding and adding to the onion, ginger and garlic mix along with the cinnamon. If not just add your spices all together, and cook for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add the tinned tomatoes, tomato puree and honey to the pan and cook till the mixture thickens, about 10 minutes over a low-medium heat.
4. Add chicken, coating in the sauce, cover and cook slowly till chicken is cooked, 15-20 minutes, but check first if you are using a different cut.
5. Season to taste and sere with, cous cous, salad, crusty bread, flat bread or whatever you fancy.

Reviews

[Tea Jenny]

Hi there FF, we had this for dinner last night when I got in from work. I made it early in the day and just warmed in up, I think it's good to do that as the flavours get stronger. It has a very nice taste, I didn't have a tin of tomatoes would you believe it!!! I always have them but not today, but I did have a carton of tomatoe juice so I used that and a wee bit more puree, and it turned out great. The honey makes a big difference to the end dish it takes the sharpness from the tomatoes. We had this with rice and it was lovely. Thank you for posting. Oh also I think this would make a great OAMC dish.

 

[Tina and Dave]

This was delicious! Only used 1 tin of toms and chucked in a tin of chickpeas. Served with cous cous flavoured with lime and coriander. Will definately make this again. Liked your website too!

 

[Chef-Boy-I-Be Illin]

I'm always looking for new and interesting recipes for chicken breasts. I was intrigued by this one because of the spice mixture, and it comes together beautifully and the sauce is wonderful over couscous. I pounded by chicken breasts to 1/4" thickness, sprinkled with salt and pepper, then browned on both sides with a little olive oil. I then removed them and sauteed the onions and garlic and followed the recipe from there. Very good, thanks for sharing!