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Chicken and lemon tagine with herby tabbouleh
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken and lemon tagine with herby tabbouleh

26 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

This exotic one-pot is the perfect mixture of sweet and spicy. Serve it with a herby tabbouleh for a filling family supper.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

622
Calories
35g
Protein
29g
Fat
60g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 20 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Bulgur not in our table 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 50g/2oz butter
  • 1 medium chicken
  • 2 onions
  • 3 garlic
  • 5cm/2in piece root ginger
  • 2 cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ras-el-hanout
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp saffron
  • 1 preserved lemon, roughly chopped
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 750ml/1 pint 5fl oz chicken stock
  • 150g/7oz dates
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
  • 140g/5oz bulgur wheat
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 2 large bunches flatleaf parsley
  • 1 bunch mint
  • 1 bunch coriander
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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