Name: Chicken and Chickpea Tagine with Pasta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: Moroccan, Italian, Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 cloves of minced garlic; salt and pepper to taste; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 2 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon paprika; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon freshly chopped basil; 2 small onions chopped; 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes; 2 1/2 cups crushed fresh plum tomatoes; 1 cup of chicken broth; 4 cups chickpeas (canned or cooked from dried chickpeas); 1/2 cup raisins or chopped pitted dates; 8 pieces of boneless chicken thighs, cubed breast pieces (or use another part you prefer); Serve with: Pasta of any kind cooked to package instructions in salted water, brown or white boiled rice, couscous or mashed potatoes; Garnish: 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf Italian parsley

Chicken and Chickpea Tagine with Pasta is a braised style stew with pasta, a little change with the flavors but a great weeknight meal that's super tasty.

Boneless chicken thighs are what I use in our recipe and it's tweaked quite a bit from the original recipe with a blend of more Italian spices added.

For those who don't like some of the spices we use, adapt to your own taste, we do like the addition of cinnamon and ginger in this dish.

The chickpeas give it a nice addition to the sauce along with some raisins and then over a dish of rice or your favorite pasta a very hearty meal.

Then as much or little spice to taste for the perfect weeknight meal or even hosting a dinner party this meal really goes a long way in feeding a crowd.

If you love new chicken recipes you may also like to try Pizza Chicken and Potatoes, Copycat Longhorn Chicken Parmesan Crusted Chicken.

Scroll down to the bottom for this yummy printable recipe to make this amazing sauce with chicken and chickpeas.

Spicy Sauce

This sauce is truly a delicious blend of seasonings, spice, and a bit more Moroccan in flavor than Italian.

The sauce is great using all fresh ingredients and not canned but you can choose to use either one.

This chicken dinner is perfectly cooked in a cast-iron saucepot.

An easy all-in-one pan meal that will stretch a family budget to feed easily and economically.

Again you can add anything you like to this style sauce with the chicken for those picky eaters and we love it best served with pasta, rice, or Garlic Mashed Potatoes.

Ingredients You Will Need (scroll down to the bottom for exact measurements)

vegetable or olive oil
butter
minced garlic
salt and pepper
nutmeg
ground cinnamon
ground ginger
honey
paprika
dried oregano
freshly chopped basil
small onions slice
red pepper flakes crushed
fresh plum tomatoes
chicken broth
chickpeas (canned or cooked from dried chickpeas)
raisins or chopped pitted dates
boneless chicken thighs, breasts cut up (or use another part you prefer)
Optional: chopped parsley and Parmesan long strands of grated cheese

Tips:

use boneless chicken or bone-in
use a meat thermometer to ensure the chicken is at 165 degrees internal temperature
add more butter or olive oil for sauteing the chicken
low sodium chicken broth can be substituted for regular
butter makes a good flavor for frying
simmer the sauce slowly
green pitted olives or mushrooms can be substituted for chickpeas
not a chicken lover? use another boneless meat IE sirloin steak, pork steak, or veal

flour and seasoned chicken cutlets frying in butter

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One-Pan Easy Meals

This recipe for chicken is a super easy meal and with the addition of pasta, this sauce is perfect with the blend of flavors.

As you can see we are big one pan meal lovers, quick, easy and remember you can use any boneless meats with this recipe.