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Healthy Easy Tagine Recipe

We've set out to bring you a tagine recipe that's easy, healthy and delicious. Something you can just throw into the oven and forget about for a couple of hours and then amaze your friends and family with the wonderful flavours and aromas of the Moroccan Mediterranean.
We've used whole chicken legs and wings, which work very well, but you could use any kind of meat you like.
The meat cooks perfectly without any browning beforehand and even the chicken skin is crisp and delicious.
Eat well - feel full and satisfied and lose those excess pounds without undue effort.

This great recipe qualifies for our healthy living seal of approval. Fresh - skinless chicken meat (use organic if you can) vegetables and health giving Spices.

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Ingredients for Two People

2 Chicken legs and wings or 450g./1lb. of beef or lamb.
300g./12ozs. of sweet potatoes in 1"/2.5cm. cubes.
125g./4.5ozs. of couscous.
1 Onion - roughly chopped.
200g./8ozs. of Spinach roughly chopped
2 Cloves of garlic finely chopped.
A handful of sultanas.
One lemon in quarters (preserved lemons are better)
3 Tbls. of good olive oil.
A 142ml/5flozs./1/2 a cup of white wine and the same of chicken stock - or use water and a stock cube.
A handful of chopped coriander leaves to garnish.

For the spice mix - all Ground together in a spice or coffee grinder.

2 tsps. of cumin seeds
2 tsps. of coriander seeds
2 small dried chillis
A 3"/7.5cm Stick of cinammon
1 tsp of turmeric
1 tsp. of salt.

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Tagine Recipe Method

OK - put everything but the meat and spices into your tagine.
Add half the spice mix and stir well.
Rub the rest of the spices into your meat.
Arrange the meat on top of the vegetable mix.
Put the lid on your tagine and place in a preheated oven at 350ºf./180ºc. for 1 hour 30 minutes.
Bring it out of the oven - remove the lid and sprinkle with freshly chopped coriander.