Ingredients
- two tablespoons canola oil
- 8 chicken thighs
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- two tablespoons essential olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, peeled, halved, and thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon ras al-hanut*
- Large pinch saffron, drenched in 1/4 cup tepid to warm water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 1/2 cups canned diced tomato plants, drained (15-ounce can)
- 1 1/2 cups canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained (15-ounce can)
- 3/4 cup dried apricots, sliced into half moons
- Harissa Sauce, recipe follows
- Chopped flat-leaf parsley, for garnish
- Chopped fresh cilantro leaves, for garnish
- *Cook's Note: Ras al-hanut is a combination of a variety of spices utilized in Moroccan cooking. It's offered at spice markets or online.
- Harissa Sauce:
- 1/2 cup creme fraiche
- 1 tablespoon harissa*
- Salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 levels F.
Heat canola oil inside a large Nederlander oven or perhaps a tagine over high temperature. Season chicken with pepper and salt on sides and put within the hot pan, skin side lower, in batches as needed prepare until golden brown. Turn the thighs over and prepare for just two minutes longer. Remove chicken to some plate.
Remove basically two tablespoons from the oil in the pan adding the essential olive oil as well as heat over medium heat. Add some onions and prepare until soft. Add some garlic clove and prepare for thirty seconds. Add some ras al-hanut and prepare another thirty seconds. Add some saffron using the soaking liquid, cinnamon stick, tomato plants. chickpeas, and apricots and produce to some simmer. Nestle the chicken in to the mixture and produce to some simmer. Cover and prepare around the stovetop or perhaps in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or before the chicken is tender. Don't take away the lid to evaluate the chicken until this time around. Garnish each serving having a dollop of Harissa Sauce, parsley and cilantro .
Harissa Sauce:
*Cook's Note: Harissa is really a fiery paste of chiles, garlic clove, and spices. It's offered at niche markets.
Whisk all ingredients together in a tiny bowl and let stand a minimum of half an hour within the refrigerator before serving.