Moroccan Chicken Hotpot
Servings Prep Time
4meals 20minutes
Cook Time
105minutes
Servings Prep Time
4meals 20minutes
Cook Time
105minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 170c conventional bake.
  2. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and season all over with salt and pepper. Heat a splash of rice bran or grape seed oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. When it’s very hot, add the chicken a few at a time and fry until browned both sides (this add great flavour). Transfer to a casserole dish and repeat with the remaining thighs.
  3. Add 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil to the same pan you cooked the chicken over a medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for another few minutes. Add the spices and chilli and cook for another few minutes (add 1-2 tbsp more olive oil if it looks dry). Add the stock, tomatoes, dried fruit, olives (if using) tomato paste, honey, lemon zest and juice and orange zest and juice. Stir, turn up the heat and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat.
  4. Carefully add the sauce to the dish with the chicken.
  5. If you’re using fresh coriander at the end (which I highly recommend), finely chop up the stalks and stir through the mixture. Cover with a lid and bake in the oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Stir through the yoghurt or coconut cream and herbs, and season with salt to taste.
  6. Serve the chicken on couscous, quinoa or rice with spoonfuls of the sauce. Garnish with extra zest, yoghurt, herbs and a squeeze of lemon if you like.