Chicken Tagine with Butternut Squash, Orange & Onions (SP 2)

By á-31592

For a complete meal, serve the tagine with whole-wheat couscous, rice or riced cauliflower. Just make sure you have enough to serve, it goes quickly!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 pounds uncooked boneless skinless chicken breast, each cut into 3 pieces
• 2 teaspoons table salt, divided
• 2 medium uncooked onions, yellow, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger root, fresh, grated
• 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 cups fat-free reduced sodium chicken broth
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 pound uncooked butternut squash, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 1 large orange, seedless, zested, then peeled and thinly sliced
• 24 small olives, pitted, green variety, quartered
• 1/4 cup raisins, briefly soaked in water, drained, roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, flat-leaf, chopped

Details

Servings 8
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 55mins

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with 1 tsp salt and cook for 2 minutes on each side, until lightly browned (you may need to do this in 2 batches); remove chicken to a plate.

Reduce heat to medium; add onion and cook until softened, stirring occasionally, 3-4 minutes. Add ginger, garlic, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cinnamon, cayenne and remaining 1 tsp salt; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Pour in broth and orange juice; scrape bottom of pan with a wooden spoon, releasing all the browned bits.

Add squash; bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in orange zest, orange slices, olives, raisins and reserved chicken (including any accumulated juices); simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked and squash is tender, 10 minutes more. Stir in parsley.

Serving size: 3 ounces chicken, 3/4 cups vegetables

Serve over rice, couscous or riced cauliflower.