Moroccan Chicken Tagine
By Let's Cook It · May 3, 2026
Slow-braised chicken with preserved lemon, olives and warm North African spices.

- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 1 h
- Total
- 1 h 20 min
- Serves
- 4
- #moroccan
- #chicken
- #stew
- #dinner
Ingredients
- 8 bone-in chicken thighs
- 2 onions, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cm ginger, grated
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of saffron
- 1 preserved lemon, chopped
- 100g green olives
- Bunch cilantro and parsley, chopped
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 400ml chicken stock
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Instructions
- 1
Season chicken with salt and brown skin-side down in olive oil for 6 minutes, then remove.
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- 2
Sauté onion in the same pan for 8 minutes.
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- 3
Add garlic, ginger and all the spices, toast 1 minute.
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- 4
Return chicken, pour in stock and add half the herbs.
- 5
Cover and simmer on low for 35 minutes.
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- 6
Stir in preserved lemon and olives, simmer uncovered 10 more minutes.
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- 7
Finish with remaining cilantro and parsley. Serve with couscous or bread.
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