Chicken, Fruit and Preserved Lemon Tajine

A chicken tajine is the perfect meal that can be prepared in advance.

A hot main course yet not a heavy dish with a creamy sauce.

Ingredients

chicken breasts, thighs or wings which ever you prefer and enough for the number of people you are cooking for
1 red, yellow and green pepper finely sliced
10 halved dried apricots
10 halved prunes (stones removed)
4 fresh figs quartered, can use dried figs if fresh aren’t available
1/2 a sliced preserved lemon
200g halved cherry tomatoes
12 green stoned olives
3 dessert spoons of cumin powder or tajine mix
splash of olive oil
a small glass of water
A hand full of roasted almonds

Method

If you’ve time this recipe is best started the day before to let the flavours mix together. It’s not essential but does make for a deeper flavour.

Place all the ingredients except the almonds into a large bowl and gently mix well to make sure they are all coated in the cumin or tajine mix and olive oil. If you can then put in the fridge over night.

This dish will take approximately an hour to cook so an hour before you wish to eat transfer all the ingredients to your SBJ clay pot.

Put your pot in a cold oven, turn the heat to 200°C and cook for 1 hour.

Sprinkle with the roasted almonds and serve direct from the cooking pot.

Chicken, Fruit and Preserved Lemon Tajine

Ingredients

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