Moroccan-Spiced Chicken Stew

3 steps

Prep:30minCook:5h

Updated at: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 18:47:28 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories283.6 kcal (14%)

Total Fat16.2 g (23%)

Carbs19.9 g (8%)

Sugars8.2 g (9%)

Protein15 g (30%)

Sodium439.7 mg (22%)

Fiber5 g (18%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

1 tspground cumin

½ tspground cinnamon

½ tspground coriander

0.25fresh cayenne pepper

2.25 lbschicken thigh

or breast, trimmed

2 Tbspolive oil

1 cupyellow onion

vertically sliced

2 tspminced ginger

1 ½ cupsunsalted chicken stock

1 ½ cupssweet potato

chopped, peeled

1 x 28 ozno-salt-added whole peeled tomatoes

can, or crushed tomatoes

1 x 15 ozno-salt-added chickpeas

drained and rinsed

¼ cupgolden raisins

rough chopped

1 ½ tspkosher salt

1 tsplemon zest

1 ½ Tbsplemon juice

¼ cupfresh cilantro

optional

Instructions

Step 1

Stir together cumin, cinnamon, coriander, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl. Sprinkle chicken even with spice mixture. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Add half of the chicken to skillet; cook until browned on one side, about 5 minutes. Turn chicken over and cook 1 minute. Transfer chicken to a 5- to 6- quart slow cooker. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken and oil.

ground cumin1 tsp

ground cinnamon½ tsp

ground coriander½ tsp

fresh cayenne pepper0.25

chicken thigh2.25 lbs

olive oil2 Tbsp

Step 2

Add onions and ginger to skillet; cook, stirring often, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add stock to skillet; cook 1 minute, stirring and scraping to loosen the browned bits from bottom of skillet. Transfer onion mixture to slow cooker. Stir sweet potato into slow cooker.

minced ginger2 tsp

yellow onion1 cup

unsalted chicken stock1 ½ cups

sweet potato1 ½ cups

Step 3

Using kitchen scissors, chop tomatoes in the can. Stir chopped tomatoes and tomato liquid, chickpeas, raisins, and salt into slow cooker. Cover and cook on low until chicken is done and vegetables are tender, about 5 hours. Remove chicken to cutting board; cut or tear into bite-size pieces. Stir lemon zest and juice into mixture in slow cooker; gently stir in chicken. Ladle stew into bowl and top with cilantro, if desired.