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Easy Moroccan Chicken one pot meal

February 20, 2015 by manjirichitnis 22 Comments

The chill in the air is just right for warming one-pot meals. Make them healthy, quick, and easy to put together and you have a winner on your hands. Last year at the Cake and Bake show which I attended with a dear friend and fellow blogger,  I ended up spending a bomb (£££!!!!) on four different sized pots – non – stick being one of their biggest virtues. One of them is a huge wok which I intend to use to make a stir fry over the weekend. The coating is said to last for years and each vessel comes with a glass lid. I can apparently also shove them directly into the oven but haven’t tried that yet. The big and rather saucepan is what I use as my crockpot for making one-pot meals in. In fact, there is something very comforting watching a warming curry or gorgeously tasty and nutritious one-pot meals!

heaven in a saucepan - healthy , happy meals begin here!

Ok so coming back to my one pot recipe. I had a bag of baby spinach leaves in my fridge and was craving a wholesome soupy stew with lots of vegetables. So managed to gather a few things that I think would taste great together and then added in Knorr onion gravy pots and Knorr mixed chilli pot for flavour and the result was so very satisfying.  But the best part was adding in Ras El Hanout a delicious and fiery moroccan and North African fragrant spice mix. The delicate dried rose petals look so pretty , that’s why I decided to name my dish Moroccan Chicken one pot.I also devoured it for lunch today – umm.

 Moroccan Chicken one pot meal

Make this in a large quantity and it will freeze well. Batch cooking is highly recommended as it saves you time and ensures that you do not eat things that you will end up regretting when you are hard pressed for time and simply cannot cook.The freezer is a wonderful boon, use it!

I purchased a beautiful Red Leicester and Pumpkin seed batard to go with my meal – it is soul-satisfying to mop up the thick gravy with the bread while sitting on the couch watching my fav crime show on the telly, feeling all warm and happy.

The best part of this recipe is I haven’t added in potatoes or extra sugar to taste and yet the flavours are so well balanced. (Though both gravy pots do contain sugar) I love stocking up on these tiny Knorr flavour pots they are life-savers!

A recipe with enough spinach to make Popeye jump with joy! Spinach has several health benefits and is known to be a great source of folic acid and several essential vitamins and great levels of iron too. Best part is a big bag of spinach can be consumed in no time as the leaves are high in water content and it reduces in size when cooked.

 Moroccan Chicken one pot meal

Easy Moroccan Chicken one pot

Serves:4  Preparation Time: 10 minutes  Cooking time: approx 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Olive oil 2 tbsp
  • 1 large red onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Mixed bag of broccoli, carrot and cauliflower – 270 gm
  • Chicken thighs – 500 gm – appox 3 big pieces
  • Trimmed green beans – 75 gm
  • Chestnut Mushrooms – 4 – 5
  • 1.5 Knorr onion gravy flavour pot
  • 1 Knorr mixed chillies flavour pot
  • 4 handfulls of spinach leaves
  • Red lentils – without skin and halved 3/4th cup
  • 1/2 tsp of Ras El Hanout
  • 1/2 tsp of roasted cumin powder
  • Water

Method:

  • Remove the skin from the chicken thighs after washing thoroughly under running water.
  • Chop the chicken thighs to make strips of the flesh leaving just enough on the bone.
  • Wash and cut the broccoli, carrots,cauliflower, green beans and chestnut mushrooms bits into bite sized pieces.
  • Slice an onion lengthwise into fine strips.
  • Remove the skin from the garlic cloves and chop into tiny bits.
  • In a large saucepan or stock pot heat olive oil on a medium flame, when the oil becomes to heat up add the finely chopped garlic and saute’ until they turn a golden brown then add in the sliced onion.
  • Stirring occasionally allow the onion to sweat and just when it begins to brown add in the chopped vegetables and saute for half a minute.
  • Then add in the chicken thighs and saute for another minute.
  • Then wash and add the red lentils , add enough water to create a thick gravy – enough to allow the lentils to cook and not soak up all the water. Then add in the Knorr flavour pots and mix well.
Big, beautiful pot of healthy goodness - absolutely irresistible!
  • Then add the washed spinach leaves, cumin powder and cover and cook on a medium flame for 15 minutes.
Gorgeous Bowl of goodness with immunity boosting spinach and delicious veggies
  • By now the lentils will have cooked and the chicken will almost be done too.
  • Then taste the soupy water and if it is too spicy add just a very tiny pinch the Ras El Hanout , I added 1/2 a tsp as the taste reminded me of garam masala. Ras El Hanout is a moroccan mixture of fragrant spices with rose petals and gives the stock pot a gorgeous full bodied flavour.
  • Cook for a further 10-15 minutes on a gentle low flame.
  • Serve in large bowls with a big portion of the pumpkin batard bread.
Moroccan Chicken one pot meal recipe

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Comments

  1. Charlotte R.B (BericeBaby) says

    February 20, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    Oh wow!
    This sounds amazing! <3
    I would love to give this ago – My mouth is watering already.
    Thanks for sharing lovely
    Charlotte x

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 21, 2015 at 11:47 am

      Awww Thanks a ton for ur super compliments Charlotte!

      Reply
  2. vickylawless5 says

    February 20, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    WOW! this looks and sounds amazing! I am going to try this chilli next week

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 21, 2015 at 11:46 am

      You must try it out Vicky, I have one portion in my freezer saved for next week!

      Reply
  3. North East Family fun says

    February 20, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    Mmmmm this looks delicious! I always love trying new Moroccan recipes – reminds me when we completed a cookery course in Marrakech.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 21, 2015 at 11:45 am

      Thank You, Samantha, I too love Moroccan recipes, oo love the sound of a cookery class in Marrakech!

      Reply
  4. Sylvia @ Happiness is homemade says

    February 20, 2015 at 6:09 pm

    Love moroccan flavours and your dish looks very comforting! It must be amazing and very fragrant looking at all those ingredients 🙂 xx

    Reply
    • Manjiri says

      February 21, 2015 at 11:44 am

      Thanks!It is quite fragrant Sylvia and oh so comforting.xx

      Reply
  5. London-Unattached.com says

    February 21, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    I’m a big fan of one pot cooking! Saves on the washing up apart from anything else

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 28, 2015 at 10:20 am

      Oh yes, that is such a blessing!

      Reply
  6. Lucy - BakingQueen74 (@Bakingqueen74) says

    February 21, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    Sounds so tasty and flavourful! One to try very soon, my family will love it.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 28, 2015 at 10:21 am

      ah sounds good Lucy, I absolutely love easy, healthy meals 🙂

      Reply
  7. Janice (@FarmersgirlCook) says

    February 21, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    I am a big fan of the one-pot and also rather envious of your new pans, that one certainly looks really useful. Tasty looking meal, always good when you can include stuff lurking in the fridge.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 28, 2015 at 10:22 am

      Yes, Janice, I am now buying fewer things and sop less often and aim to use up everything in the fridge in a big attempt to eat healthily, cook daily and also as a result reduce wastage. It is also helping us eat much more healthier as I am not tempted to buy things that are not good for us. Oh and yes those pans sighhh I am in LOVE with this one!

      Reply
  8. harrietyoung38 says

    February 22, 2015 at 7:48 pm

    Just the sort of recipe I love – so easy too!

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      February 28, 2015 at 10:19 am

      Thank You Harriet we are both great fans of Red lentils and I love quick and healthy one-pot recipes!

      Reply
  9. Rosie @Eco-Gites of Lenault says

    March 2, 2015 at 8:36 am

    This is my kind of food – I Love Moroccan flavours and I love adding lentils to stews … wanders over to shopping list of fridge to add lentils as I know I finished the last of them last week with pumpkin, lentil, chilli and coconut soup.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      March 7, 2015 at 2:44 pm

      umm love the sound of your soup too!

      Reply
  10. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says

    March 15, 2015 at 7:56 am

    I really like the sound of this one Manjiri.

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      March 15, 2015 at 8:06 pm

      Thanks, Bintu!

      Reply
  11. Elizabeth says

    April 22, 2015 at 6:37 am

    I’m loving the simplicity of this! A fab recipe, thank you for sharing with the no waste food challenge, and apologies for taking so long to do the round up!

    Reply
    • Manjiri Chitnis says

      April 22, 2015 at 5:46 pm

      Hi Elizabeth, thank you so very much for your kind compliments. I love the challenge you have created and it is so important that we as bloggers make the most of what we have and believe and minimize waste and work towards eliminating food waste.

      Reply

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