Easiest Way to Prepare Ultimate Moroccan Chicken Stew

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, moroccan chicken stew. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Moroccan Chicken Stew is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Moroccan Chicken Stew is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook moroccan chicken stew using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Moroccan Chicken Stew:

1. Take 2 Tbsp olive oil
2. Take 6-8 chicken thighs with skin
3. Get 1 1/2 cups carrots, peeled, sliced 1/2"
4. Prepare 1/2 cup yellow onion, roughly chopped
5. Take 2 garlic cloves, mashed
6. Get 1/2 tsp salt
7. Get 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
8. Get 1/4 tsp ground cumin
9. Take 1/4 tsp powdered or fresh ginger
10. Get 1/2 tsp ground coriander
11. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
12. Get 1 Tbsp tomato paste
13. Get 1 1/2 cups less-sodium chicken broth
14. Make ready 1 cup frozen okra (optional)
15. Prepare 1 can chickpeas or garbanzo beans (11 oz.), drained
16. Get 3/4 cup dried apricots, halved
17. Take 4 plum tomatoes, halved, seeded, sliced 1/4”
18. Take 1/4 teaspoon turmeric (optional)
19. Make ready 1/2 cup fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped
20. Prepare 1/2 cup slivered almonds (optional)
21. Take 1 bowl prepared cooked rice or couscous (serve 4)

Steps to make Moroccan Chicken Stew:

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken to the pot and cook 5 minutes by browning both sides. Place chicken on a plate to the side and remove the skin. [Repeat this step if all the chicken pieces didn’t fit on the bottom of the pot]
2. With a dash more olive oil added to the pot, add carrots and sauté for 3 minutes. Next, add onions and sauté for another 2 minutes. Add garlic and next 6 ingredients and sauté for 30 seconds until fragrant. Add tomato paste and stir this mixture.
3. Stir in broth and continue to heat by scraping the bottom of the pan to loosen the browned bits on the bottom. Return chicken to the pot and cover. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.
4. Add okra (optional), chickpeas, and apricots to the pot and cover. Raise heat to low-medium and cook for 20 minutes. [The okra and apricots will help to thicken the broth slightly]
5. Lower the heat to a simmer and add the tomatoes and turmeric (optional) and cook for another 15 minutes until tomatoes are softened.
6. Serve on a platter with a bed of rice, topped with parsley or cilantro, and almonds (optional). Or, serve in a large bowl with rice or couscous to the side.

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