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Guinea fowl tagine with chickpeas, squash & apricots
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Guinea fowl tagine with chickpeas, squash & apricots

18 ingredients 20 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Guinea fowl tagine with chickpeas, squash & apricots

This game bird is a lot like chicken, so can be cooked in the same way - give it a whirl in this fragrant Moroccan-spiced casserole

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

957
Calories
52g
Protein
21g
Fat
143g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Couscous 1 cup cooked (157g) 176
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Honey 1 tbsp (21g) 64
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Pumpkin not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Saffron not in our table 0
Water 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

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 guinea fowl , jointed like a chicken (ask your butcher to do this or see our video on how to joint a chicken, in 'Try', below)
  • 2 onions , roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , chopped
  • 1 butternut squash or small pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into large chunks
  • 1 tbsp ras-el-hanout
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • 1 large cinnamon stick
  • small squeeze of clear honey
  • large pinch of saffron , soaked in 1 tbsp boiling water
  • juice 1 lemon
  • 850ml chicken stock
  • 400g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
  • 200g dried apricots
  • small bunch coriander
  • couscous or rice, to serve

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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