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Leftover Chicken Tagine

Turn chicken stew leftovers into this bejewelled pomegranate and preserved lemon tagine with just a few extra ingredients. Add a nutty, fruity flavour to your stew with this chicken tagine with almonds and apricots.

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Ingredients

  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cinnamon stick (or ¼ tsp ground cinnamon)
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1½ tbsp ras el hanout
  • ⅓ quantity of chicken stew
  • 1 preserved lemon, pulp discarded and skin finely sliced
  • 75g dried apricots, chopped
  • 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 125g giant couscous
  • 100g baby leaf spinach

Preparation

  1. 1Heat the olive oil in the casserole and add the cinnamon stick (or ground cinnamon), cumin and ras el hanout. Cook for 2-3 minutes until it smells fragrant, then stir in the quantity of chicken stew, preserved lemon, apricots and the chopped tomatoes. Fill the empty tomato tin with water and pour into the casserole. Stir, bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
  2. 2After 15 minutes, add the giant couscous and simmer for another 8-10 minutes until tender. Remove the cinammon stick, if using. Add the baby leaf spinach and stir until wilted.
  3. 3Serve the tagine sprinkled with the pistachios, pomegranate seeds and chopped coriander, if you like.