Moroccan Chicken Traybake

When you eat this dish you’ll be transported to a sun-soaked courtyard filled with lemon trees in Morocco. Flavoured with Shemin’s Ras el Hanout, this dish is a heady mix of aromas, tastes and textures, and is no more than just a simple job of assembling the spices, marinating the chicken, and putting it all in the oven to bake.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Shemin’s Ras el Hanout Spice Blend
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 2 tbsp runny honey
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 750g boneless, skinless chicken thighs (can use chicken drumsticks if you prefer)
  • 300g cherry tomatoes
  • 1 whole lemon, cut into eights
  • 1 medium fennel bulb, sliced
  • 8 garlic cloves sliced with skin removed
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 10 dried apricots cut in half
  • 50g pistachio nuts
  • 1 small bunch coriander, chopped

Method

  1. In a large bowl, mix Shemin’s Ras el Hanout, ginger, honey and the olive oil. Once combined, coat the chicken and leave to marinate in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180ºC / Gas Mark 4.
  3. Scatter the tomatoes, lemon wedges, fennel, apricots and garlic, over the base of a large baking tray or ovenproof dish that’ll easily accommodate the chicken in a single layer, then sit the chicken on top. Mix the red wine vinegar with 2 tbsp of water and any remaining marinade, then drizzle over the chicken. Roast for 45 minutes.
  4. Remove from the oven, check the seasoning, and scatter the pistachio nuts over the top. Return to the oven for a final 10 minutes.
  5. Check the chicken is cooked, then remove from the oven, cover, and leave to rest for 5 minutes. Before serving scatter with coriander and if you want, you can remove the lemon wedges.
  6. Serve with couscous as per instructions (we cooked ours in stock and added some feta plus coriander to it) and a good dollop of yoghurt.

TIP: If you’re vegetarian, swap out the chicken to make a sumptuous vegetarian traybake of sweet potato and chickpeas.

Serves 6

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Reviews

  1. Angie G

    Made this the other night and it was a real ‘hit’.
    I’m planning to do it again for guests this week !

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