Moroccan Tagine is the famous traditional Moroccan dish. Its origins belong to the Maghreb, especially Morocco. This dish is famous also in Algeria and Tunisia, but studies show that Tagine belongs to Amazigh origins.
The word Tagine is the name of the pot where we cook and serve food. Tagine pot is made of clay, this pot allows you to cook food without losing its natural flavors.
Moroccan Tagine differs from one city to another; there are many types of Tagine like lamb tagine, chicken tagine, vegetable tagine, beef tagine, lamb tagine with apricots, and many other types. Here we going to show you how to cook Moroccan chicken tagine step by step :
To cook a tagine dish you need :
Ingredients :
2 onions, 1 tomato, chicken, 2 carrots, 3 potatoes, fresh pepper, a glass full of fresh peas, garlic, fresh chervil.
Spices :
The Moroccan Spices
A small spoon of paprika, a small spoon of ginger, a quatre spoon of pepper, a small spoon of saffron, a small spoon of salt, and two big spoons of oil.
Preparing method :
Step 1 :
We take the tagine cooking and put circles of onion and tomato as it is clear in the image above.
Step 2 :
We add chicken in the middle of the pot, and after that, we add some spices and keep others to the end, garlic, and chervil cut into small pieces.
Step 3 :
We cut potatoes as is clear in the image above, or as circles and surround them to cover the chicken.
Step 4 :
We add carrots you can cut them as you want and put them as it is clear in the image. After we add fresh pepper on the top, in addition to peas, especially in empty spaces.
Step 5 :
We mix the spices that we saved in the previous steps with a glass of water, add them to the tagine cover it, and put it on slow fire for between 45 minutes to 1 hour,30min depending on the quality of meat.
step 6: after cooking
Other information about Moroccan tagine :
Moroccan tagine differs from one city to another, and also from season to another depending on the vegetables which are available at home. Also, the pot is different some people use a pot made of clay, while others use a pot made of metal.
The methods of cooking also differ. Some put circles of onions down the meat or chicken, and others put carrots under it. On the top of the meat, you are free to put any vegetables you want. You can use meat, chicken, fish, beef, or lamb in addition to vegetables to cook your best tagine. The mixed spices clay pot and tagine need slow cooking (it’s better to cook it on coal) is the secret of delicious tagine.
