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Chicken Tagine

Chicken Tagine recipe, eat well on universal credit

Special offer Chicken Thighs were the foundation of this recipe. We also had half a pick of dried Apricots loitering in the fridge. We also made some Preserved Lemon a while ago.

Ingredients:-

4 Chicken Thighs, seasoned with Salt & Pepper
1 Onion, sliced
100g of Dried Apricots
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
1 Tin of Chickpeas, drained
1 Tbsp of Preserved Lemon, minced
Oil to fry

Spice mix ingredients:-

(Ras El Hanout)

1 Tsp of Salt
¾ of a Tsp of Ground Cumin
¾ of a Tsp of Ground Ginger
¾ of a Tsp of freshly Ground Black Pepper
1/ a Tsp of Allspice
¼ of a Tsp of Ground Cinnamon
¼ of a Tsp of Ground Coriander
1/8 of a Tsp of Ground Cloves

Method:-

(1) Soak the Apricots in boiling water for 30 minutes and then drain.
(2) Season the Chicken, heat Oil over a high heat and add the Chicken skin side down.
(3) Cook for 5 minutes until the skin is golden brown.
(4) Turn the Chicken over and cook for a further 2 minutes.
(5) Remove and set aside.
(6) Reduce the heat to medium and add the Onions and fry until softened.
(7) Add the Garlic and cook for a further minute.
(8) Add the Spice Mix and stir well.
(9) Add the Cinnamon Stick, Tomatoes, Chickpeas, Apricots, Stock and Preserved Lemon, stirring well.
(10) Place the Chicken on the top skin side up.
(11) Increase the heat bringing the liquid to the boil and cover for 5 minutes.
(12) Remove the lib and allow to simmer for 20 minutes or until the Chicken is cooked through.

We garnished ours with a bit of Parsley from the balcony and served with mixed Rice. The favours really worked together and the citrus hit from the Preserved Lemon really lifted it.

 

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Seafood Pasta

We’ve had very modest meats over the Christmas period so we allowed ourselves a bit of a budget breaking treat for New Years Day. The Pasta is actually Rice Noodles, from the Chinese Supermarket, but we won’t tell if you don’t!

Ingredients:-

1 Red Pepper – Char grilled under the grill,  skinned and chopped
A handful of fresh Parsley, roughly chopped
1 Red Chilli, chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic, mincedIngredients:-
Mixed Seafood (Prawns, Mussels and White Clams in ours)
Chorizo, thinly cubed
Chickpeas, soaked oven night and then boiled
The juice and zest of a Lemon
1 Lemon quartered, to garnish
Mushrooms, finely sliced
Olive Oil
1 medium Onion, finely sliced
2 Spring Onions, chopped
Rice Noodles

Method:-

(1) Fry the Onion and Garlic to soften.Method:-
(2) Boil your Seafood two pans of water. One for the Seafood and one for the Noodles.
(3) Add the Chilli, Chorizo and Chickpeas and fry for a minute or two.
(4) Add the Seafood to a pan of boiling water and allow the water to return to the boil for a minute.
(5) In the frying pan add the Red Pepper, half of the Spring Onion and Mushroom.
(6) Add the Noodles to the remaining pan of boiling water and allow to soften. Remove and drain.
(7) Drain your Seafood and stir into the frying pan (Or Wog) if you have one.
(8) Plate the Noodles in a sort of nest style.
(9) Add the Seafood etc. and a good amount od cooking juices.
(10) Squeeze the Lemon over the top and dress with the Lemon zest, Parsley and remaining Spring Onions.
(11) Garnish with a Lemon quarter.

Seafood and Chorizo work really well together and considering that this was quite a sizeable portion we both polished it off last night!

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