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Indian Street Noodles

This Indo-Chinese style street noodles is popular and it's not hard to see why. This is such a comfort food with a mildly spicy chilli garlic sauce and loaded with crunchy vegetables. The main recipe is vegetarian but you can easily add chicken, beef or egg in it if you prefer. It is an extremely forgiving recipe, lacking none of the intended flavor nonetheless.  

Tagine

The Tagine -  Best looking slow cooker

Picture from Wonder How to Food Hacks

The best part of this dish is 

Ingredients

  • Whole chicken  - 1, skinless, bone in and cut into large pieces  

  • Olive oil - 1 tablespoon

  • Saffron thread - 1/2 teaspoon, pulverised

  • Garlic- 8 cloves, minced 

  • Ground cumin - 1 teaspoon

  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon

  • Sweet paprika - 1 teaspoon

  • Onions - 2 medium, thinly sliced

  • Cinnamon stick - 1

  • Olives - 10, pitted and halved

(I used a combination of calamata and green olives)

  • Dried figs - 6, sliced

  • Slivered almonds - a handful

  • Chicken stock - 1 cup

  • Coriander leaves- 1 tablespoon, chopped

  • Salt 

  • Freshly ground black pepper

  • Preserved lemons - 1 (optional) OR zest of one full lemon and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

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Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Preparation

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  1. Mix garlic, saffron, ginger, paprika, cumin and turmeric together. Add salt and pepper to taste. Rub chicken with mixture, refrigerate and let it marinate for 3 to 4 hours.

  2. Warm one tablespoon of oil in a large dutch oven or skillet. Sear the chicken for 5 to 8 minutes, flipping once, until both sides are golden brown. Remove to a clean plate.

  3. Sauté the onions until softened and beginning to brown. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant for a minute. Add the olives, lemons (or lemon juice and zest) and half the figs. Add the chicken and stock. Cover and leave the heat on low. 

  4. Once the chicken is fully cooked and tender, add the remaining figs, almond slivers and coriander leaves. 

  5. Serve hot with bread, rice or my personal favourite couscous. 

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Substitutions and Additions:

  • You can substitute the preserved lemons with the zest of one whole lemon and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice

  • You can certainly replace the figs with 6 apricots or 4 dates. This will make the dish sweeter so if you don't like the sweet, you can completely eliminate the use of them. 

  • You can add carrots or potatoes to this recipe - add them when you add the chicken and stock. ​

Products used in this recipe

Preserved Lemons

Saffron

Ground Ginger

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