Recipe

You don’t need a traditional tagine pot to recreate this famous North African dish—an ordinary stew pot works just fine. Chicken simmers slowly until tender in a complex blend of dried apricots, olives, and warm spices like cinnamon, turmeric, and cumin, served with chickpeas that soak up all the delicious sauce. Your Geedel vegetable chopper quickly turns onion, garlic, and ginger into a fine paste—the essential base for a rich, smooth, and deeply flavorful sauce.

Ingredients:  

4 bone-in chicken thighs  

1 onion  

3 garlic cloves  

1 small piece of ginger  

1 teaspoon ground turmeric  

1 teaspoon ground cumin  

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon  

1 can (400g) chickpeas, drained  

½ cup pitted green olives  

½ cup dried apricots  

2 cups chicken broth  

Zest and juice of 1 lemon  

Handful of fresh cilantro  

Salt and pepper  

Olive oil  

Instructions:  

1. Make the spiced vegetable paste:  

   Cut the onion, garlic, and ginger into chunks. Install the cross-shaped chopping blade in your Geedel manual food chopper.  

   Add all the chunks to the container, close the lid tightly, and turn the handle continuously until a very fine, smooth paste forms.

2. Brown the chicken and sauté the base:

   Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. In a stew pot, brown the chicken thighs on both sides until golden. Remove and set aside.  

   In the same pot, sauté the vegetable paste for 2 minutes, then add all the ground spices and cook for another 2 minutes until fragrant.

3. Slow simmer:  

   Return the chicken to the pot. Add the chicken broth, dried apricots, and olives. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.  

   Add the chickpeas and simmer for another 15 minutes. Finally, stir in the lemon juice and sprinkle with lemon zest.

4. Garnish and serve:  

   Quickly chop the cilantro using the hand food chopper and sprinkle over the finished tagine. Serve with couscous or rice.

Summary:

The depth of flavor in this exotic stew depends on the fineness of the spiced vegetable base. The Geedel hand food chopper effortlessly creates a restaurant-smooth paste that allows the spices to fully release and evenly coat the chicken, making it easy for home cooks to master complex global cuisines.