Chicken tajine (North Africa)

Ingredients (6 servings):

6 chicken drumsticks
150g dried apricots
4 carrots, sliced
3 red onions, cut into wedges
150g frozen peas
1 parsnip, cut into slices
1 can of tomato pulp (400g)
2 teaspoons honey
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tsp each: cumin, paprika, cinnamon, ground ginger, coriander and curcuma
50g flaked almonds
Couscous

 

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 180 ° C.

Peel, wash and cut the vegetables in big cubes.

Fry the chicken pieces in a pan over high heat. Once they are golden, remove and set aside.

Fry the vegetables in the pan. Set aside.

In the same pan and the same oil that was used to fry the chicken, fry the spices over high heat about 1 minute.

Add the contents of the can of tomatoes and the peas. Fill the can with water and add it. Also add the chicken, apricots and honey. Simmer about 15 minutes, the sauce will reduce slightly and apricots swell slightly.

Put the pan into the oven and cook for 30 minutes.

Serve this delicious tagine of chicken with vegetables and dried apricots sprinkled with slivered almonds with semolina coucous.