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Chicken tagine with prunes, apricots and roasted almonds
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken tagine with prunes, apricots and roasted almonds

17 ingredients 2 hr + 2 hr Serves 5 openrecipes

The warm flavours of cinnamon, dried fruits and chicken make this tagine a Moroccan classic.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

441
Calories
34g
Protein
18g
Fat
37g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 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
Coriander not in our table 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Prune 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

  • 2 medium onions
  • 3-4 garlic
  • few sprigs fresh coriander
  • ½ bunch fresh flatleaf parsley
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ lemon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 5 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • 10 chicken legs
  • pinch saffron
  • 1 chicken stock
  • 500g/1lb 2oz dried prunes
  • 6 tbsp sugar
  • 500g/1lb 2oz dried apricots
  • 250g/9oz almonds

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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