Chicken And Date Tagine

Chicken And Date Tagine


1. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5.

2. Put all the spice paste ingredients in a small food processor with 2 tbsp olive oil and whizz to a paste.

3. Brown the chicken thighs all over in a tagine or large, wide pan.

4. Scoop out then add the spice paste and cook for a few minutes until fragrant.

5. Add the squash, onion, stock, tomatoes and cinnamon and stir.

6. Sit the chicken on top (push down a bit into the sauce). Cook uncovered in the oven for 40 mins then add the dates and cook for anothe r20 minutes - the chicken should be browned and cooked and the sauce reduced.

7. Scatter with coriander and serve with buttered couscous.

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