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Moroccan Chicken Recipe

October 11, 2016 By The Head Spoon Leave a Comment

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Healthy Moroccan chicken recipe with wonderful spices served over warm couscous is one of my family's favorite dinners.

If you're looking for more great midweek dinner recipes, you might want to try Oven Baked Chicken Tacos, Black Pepper Chicken, Ground Beef Enchiladas, Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas, Homemade Sloppy Joe's, and Thai Basil Chicken.

Moroccan chicken recipe cooked in dutch oven displayed in a white bowl.

This is an easy moroccan chicken with olives dish to whip up for a mid-week dinner.

You know, after making this dish, I'm wondering if I should just cook onions with coriander, cumin, garlic, paprika, and turmeric every morning, so my house smells Amazing all the time.

The aroma you will enjoy with this dish are out of this world.  It makes the house so warm and cozy with the anticipation of a delicious dinner just around the corner.

There are so many moroccan chicken stew recipes that look incredibly delicious.  This is my first moroccan chicken recipe I've tried and am so glad I did.  So delicious and its a one pot dish.  Love it.

Moroccan chicken recipe in a white bowl.

The spices in this dish mixed with the green olives complement the chicken so well.  The spices include ginger, garlic, coriander, cumin, paprika, turmeric, and cayenne pepper.  I just used a pinch of cayenne pepper.  You can adjust as you wish.

Moroccan chicken recipe in a white bowl on a marble cutting board.

Tips for this easy moroccan chicken recipe:

  1. Use a dutch oven or deep skillet with a cover.
  2. You can add saffron to the spice mix as well.
  3. I served this over couscous, but you could also serve with fluffy jasmine rice or brown rice, and it would be equally as yummy.  The couscous absorbs the delicious sauce and its texture complements the other ingredients so well.

We really love this moroccan chicken thighs recipe and have made it a lot in this past year.  Its just so easy to throw together and tastes delicious.

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Moroccan Chicken Recipe

Healthy Moroccan chicken dish recipe with wonderful spices served over warm couscous is one of my family's favorite dinners.

Course Dinner
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 366 kcal
Author Five Silver Spoons

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons canola oil or olive oil
  • 2 pounds chicken thighs
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • 1 ½ cups small diced onion
  • 1 teaspoon minced ginger
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon ground coriander
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2-3 cups chicken stock
  • ½ cup green olives, sliced
  • 1 lemon, sliced into 4 strips
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a dutch oven or large, deep skillet over medium high heat.

  2. Dry the chicken pieces and season them with salt and pepper.
  3. Place them in the dutch oven brown on all sides.

  4. Remove the chicken and place on a plate.
  5. Add the onion to the skillet and cook until slightly softened.
  6. Add the ginger, garlic, coriander, cumin, paprika, turmeric and cayenne pepper and stir together. Add the chicken pieces and stir to coat with the spice mixture.
  7. Pour the chicken stock into the skillet so that ⅔ of the chicken is submerged.
  8. Bring liquid to a simmer, cover the skillet and simmer on medium low heat 20-25 minutes.
  9. Add the sliced olives and sliced lemons.

  10. Cover and cook another 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
  11. Remove the chicken and turn the heat to high.
  12. Cook for another 6-8 minutes until sauce reduces slightly.  Stir cilantro into sauce.

  13. Serve chicken on a bed of warm couscous. Spoon sauce over the top. Garnish with more cilantro.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Food52

Nutrition Facts
Moroccan Chicken Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 366 Calories from Fat 252
% Daily Value*
Fat 28g43%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 112mg37%
Sodium 308mg13%
Potassium 391mg11%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 20g40%
Calcium 36mg4%
Vitamin C 11.1mg13%
Vitamin A 390IU8%
Iron 1.9mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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