Chicken and Artichoke Tagine with Cous Cous and Merguez Sausage

Summary

Yield
Prep Time2 hours
CountryMorocco
Main IngredientChicken
MealEntrees
SeasonWinter

Description

Follow direction on the box for reviving quick cook cous cous, Israeli cous cous, or natural cous cous. Toasting the grains first, adding herbs or adding minced grilled eggplants all help the flavor of the cous cous.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb merguez sausage links
  • 0.5 c olive oil
  • 6 c cooked cous cous
  • 6 chicken legs
  • 6 boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 c sliced dried apricots
  • 1 c dry cured moroccan olives
  • 1 c orange juice
  • 0.5 c minced parsley
  • 1 c toasted pistachios
  • 12 cn chickpeas, drained
  • 1 T paprika
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 minced garlic cloves
  • 1 minced onion
  • 32 marinated ‘fresh’ artichoke hearts or or canned hearts in water
  • 2 c Chicken stock
  • 1 T crushed cumin seeds
  • 0.25 c preserved lemon
  • 4 fresh hot red chili peppers, julienned

Instructions

Brown the sausage and chicken in the olive oil in a large Dutch casserole and reserve, be careful not to burn your oil.
Saute the onion, spices, garlic, and peppers.
Add the stock and orange juice to the pot
Bring to a boil and add the chicken and lemon to the pot.
Simmer for 1 hour and reserve the chicken to a platter.
Surround the chicken with the cooked cous cous.
Add the apricots, nuts, olives, sausage, chickpeas and artichokes, bring back to a gentle boil and reduce steadily for 10-15 minutes until sauce has some body to it.
Season and stir in the parsley, pour over chicken and serve with harissa.
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