Tagines have been one of my favorite foods for ages, but with two small people around I’m normally so rushed in the evening that I don’t get time to make them. I suddenly realised last week that of course I could just pop all the ingredients into my slow cooker as and when I got the chance and then by dinner time a lovely meal would be ready and waiting for me with no panic involved. And my three year old will eat it. Ok, he avoids the olives but that just means more of them for me!
Slow Cooked Chicken Tagine: Feeds two adults and one small person
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Ingredients
1 Pack of chicken with no bones
1 Onion
Garlic
Saffron
Black Pepper
Ginger
Cumin
Corriander
Parsley
Olives
Chicken Stock – enough to cook the meat in and create a nice sauce but don’t add loads, if you’re using a slow cooker it won’t evaporate.
How to make this:
Chop and fry the onion and chicken, pop in your slow cooker with everything else. Done! I have never measured out the exact amounts I put in and normally do a couple of shakes of any dried spices or herbs. Likewise, if I go to cook and realise that one ingredient is missing, its never been a big deal. Except for the chicken. Hard to make a chicken tagine with no chicken.
Variations:
If we have peppers in the house then I’ll add these to the tagine to up our veg count. Sometimes we add dried apricots. This week I served this with plain cous cous as The Toddler is turning his nose up at anything else, but I quite like to throw a few veg or some raisins in with it. Cous cous is also great as it only takes a couple of minutes to make which is fabulous if you’re in a rush!
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anna
Looks great! Slow cooking is so handy and tasty isn’t it!
Ninja cat
I must get my tangine out.
Great recipe !
Cass@frugalfamily
That looks really nice x
Astrid
This sounds os totally yummy. Too bad I’m usually already hungry when I make it home so I don’thave tiem for slow-cooker recipes.
Mum of One
Ooh that looks delicious, and sounds quite simple. I may have to give this a go!
Lori
Sounds so simple and yummy, will have to dust off the old slow cooker and give it a go x
Charly Dove
Fabulous recipe, that looks delicious 🙂
TwinsplusTwo
Looks lovely – might fill my 16 yr old boy for an hour or two lol, reading your first line about two adults and a small person made me chuckle! I’m feeding 6 but it often feels like 10 :S
Aisha from expatlog
This is a firm favourite in our house and tastes just as good with apricots as you say. Delicious!
mellissa williams
This looks delicious – I wished I liked olives!
Pinkoddy
I really need to slow cook. Thank you for the inspiration.
Vicky
Mmmm….this looks lovely, and I love a slow cooker recipe that you can just pop on in the morning and have it ready by dinner time – yum yum!
Vaidehi
I love tagines. Have always had them with lamb though. Need to have a go at making this with chicken. Looks interesting.
Aly
Ha! I posting a vegan tagine recipe later on this week.We love couscous as it’s s quick and a great alternative to rice.
Shell Louise
Sounds delicious. I really must invest in a slow cooker!
suzanne3childrenandit
This looks scrummy and I LOVE your blog buttons!
Mums do travel
This looks very yummy. I don’t eat meat so I guess I could use veggie stock and substitute peppers and other veg for the chicken to make this.
Fritha
I think I could substitute the chicken for some tofu? x
Emily @amummytoo
Looks yummy and I love nice simple dishes like this. I’d probably substitute the chicken for Quorn fillets so that the whole family could eat it.
hannah clementson
Wow this looks really yummy 🙂 xx
Kate
Thank you 🙂