Moroccan Chicken (or Lamb)
richly flavourful dish
YIELD
serves 4 to 6 people
PREP. TIME:
30 min – give or take
COOKING TIME:
30 min. cooking time, more or less
Good For:
any day but great for dinner part
Inroduction
About this Recipe
I wanted to recreate a Moroccan dish I’d eaten at a restaurant in Germany. I found one that tasted great but requires almost 3 hours of simmer time so I adapted this recipe to suit the Instant Pot. Hope you like it.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken, skinned and cut into parts
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1-3 whole dried chili peppers
- 1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and gratet
- 1 tsp ea. crushed cumin & coriander seed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 lemon, rind and juice
- 12 each dried apricots and prunes
- 1 Tbsp honey
Couscous - 1 1/2 cups medium couscous
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 3/4 cups water
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
remove the skin from one whole chicken and cut into pieces (thighs, drums, split breast in two (bone on) and wings – a little skin on wings is okay) or just use 8 chicken thighs or 10 drums. OR use 8 lamb chops. this would probably work with pork as well but I haven’t tried it.
Step 2
bring a large frying pay to medium heat. add oil ginger, garlic, chili, and cinnamon stick and fry til chili is slightly blackened. then add spices – its worth the extra time to use whole coriander and cumin and crush them with a pestle. fry 30 sec or so and then add chicken, salt liberally. fry till chicken is lightly browned
Step 3
while chicken is frying add a little oil to your instant pot. chop onions and add to oil. as soon as they’re translucent add 1/2 the water, add the chicken to the water, use the rest of the water to deglaze the frying pan and add the frying pan contents into the instant pot. set for 7 min of high pressure, manual setting.
Step 4
depressurize and then add fruit, rind and honey and set for another 15 minutes.
Step 5
While the chicken is finishing get your couscous ready. Bring oil salt and water to a boil in a pot. add the couscous. put on the lid. turn off the heat and let sit.
Step 6
When the instant pot beeps, depressurize, remove the lid. stir a little and set the pot to saut̩, lid off, to reduce liquid until its just a little thickened Рlike a cream soup.
Step 7
Serve the chicken over the couscous, ladle on the liquid reduction and make sure everyone gets some of the delicious fruits. Serve this as is or add a nice cucumber salad as a side dish along with a glass of mint tea.
Morrocan Chicken (or Lamb)
- 1 chicken, skinned and cut into parts
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1-3 whole dried chili peppers
- 1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and gratet
- 1 tsp ea. crushed cumin & coriander seed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 lemon, rind and juice
- 12 each dried apricots and prunes
- 1 Tbsp honey
Couscous - 1 1/2 cups medium couscous
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 3/4 cups water
remove the skin from one whole chicken and cut into pieces (thighs, drums, split breast in two (bone on) and wings – a little skin on wings is okay) or just use 8 chicken thighs or 10 drums. OR use 8 lamb chops. this would probably work with pork as well but I haven’t tried it.
bring a large frying pay to medium heat. add oil ginger, garlic, chili, and cinnamon stick and fry til chili is slightly blackened. then add spices – its worth the extra time to use whole coriander and cumin and crush them with a pestle. fry 30 sec or so and then add chicken, salt liberally. fry till chicken is lightly browned
while chicken is frying add a little oil to your instant pot. chop onions and add to oil. as soon as they’re translucent add 1/2 the water, add the chicken to the water, use the rest of the water to deglaze the frying pan and add the frying pan contents into the instant pot. set for 7 min of high pressure, manual setting.
depressurize and then add fruit, rind and honey and set for another 15 minutes.
While the chicken is finishing get your couscous ready. Bring oil salt and water to a boil in a pot. add the couscous. put on the lid. turn off the heat and let sit.
When the instant pot beeps, depressurize, remove the lid. stir a little and set the pot to saut̩, lid off, to reduce liquid until its just a little thickened Рlike a cream soup.
Serve the chicken over the couscous, ladleon the liquid reduction and make sure everyone gets some of the delicious fruits. Serve this as is or add a nice cucumber salad as a side dish along with a glass of mint tea.
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