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Chicken tagine with lemons and green olives in a clay tagine
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Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon and Olives

The classic Moroccan chicken tagine with preserved lemon, green olives, ginger and saffron. Easy, one-pot, and made in a regular pot or a tagine.

⏱ 1 hr 15 min 🍽 Serves 4 👩‍🍳 Easy
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Start here: 5 easy recipes for beginners

Cook these and you'll know the core techniques of Moroccan cooking — the grated-onion tagine sauce, harira, quick couscous, kefta and proper mint tea.

  1. 1Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon and Olives1 hr 15 min
  2. 2Harira (Moroccan Tomato, Lentil and Chickpea Soup)1 hr 20 min
  3. 310-Minute Lemon Herb Couscous10 min
  4. 4Moroccan Mint Tea (Atay) — The Authentic Way10 min
  5. 5Kefta Tagine with Eggs (Moroccan Meatballs)30 min

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The Moroccan pantry

7 spices that make food taste Moroccan

  • Cumin — earthy; essential in kefta, lentils and salads
  • Sweet paprika — color and gentle sweetness
  • Ground ginger — the backbone of almost every tagine
  • Turmeric — golden color for sauces and soups
  • Cinnamon — for sweet-savory tagines and pastilla
  • Saffron — a few threads perfume a whole dish
  • Ras el hanout — the famous "head of the shop" blend

Add preserved lemons, olives, fresh cilantro and parsley, and you can cook nearly every recipe on this site.

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