Moroccan Chicken Tagine (Crock Pot)

Submitted by barefootmommawv

"I'm always looking for new ways to spruce up my monthly menu. This is a great twist to plain ole chicken."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 3 lbs skinless chicken pieces, skin removed
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 6 sprigs fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1⁄4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
• hot cooked couscous or rice

directions

1. Place chicken in crock pot slow cooker. Combine broth, tomatoes with juice, onions, apricots, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, coriander, red pepper and cilantro in medium bowl; pour over chicken.
2. Cover; cook on low 4 to 5 hours or until chicken i no longer pink in center. Transfer chicken to serving platter; cover to keep warm.
3. Combine cornstarch and water in small bowl; mix until smooth. Stir cornstarch mixture and beans into crock pot slow cooker. Cover; cook on High 15 minutes or until thickened. Pour sauce over chicken. Sprinkle with cilantro and toasted almonds. Sever with couscous or rice.

Reviews

[coffeecat2150]

This was very tasty--we liked the sweetness and the light spiciness of it. The apricots tasted especially good after being cooked in the crock pot for several hours.

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

Lovely Moroccan chicken dish! While I was adding the spices, I was fearful that it would be overpowering, but everything turned out very tasty. I couldn't really distinguish the apricots, but DH thought they made the dish sweet. I used diced boneless chicken breast and served with a nice loaf of French bread to mop us the sauce with. Oh - and I put my garbonzo's in right away (cuz I didn't read carefully enough) and they turned out just fine.

 

[IAteMyGluestick]

This was truly delicious. A nice change of pace from your typical crockpot recipes that include cream-of-something or other soup and a meat. Makes great leftovers. Be sure not to omit the slivered almonds, it really adds a nice texture. We served this over brown rice, because that's what we had on hand. Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[Mctet]

Wow, this was a great discovery! I was trying to find a slow cooker recipe that would help me get rid of a pantry full of chick peas. I don't even like dried apricots but they really added a delicious and unique flavour to this dish. I made the recipe as outlined and served it on couscous.