Braised Chicken Tagine With Couscous

Prepare the ingredients. Prepare all the ingredients - we will be cooking with them in a moment 👩‍🍳✨

Prepare the couscous with oil and hot water. Mix the couscous with a little oil, season with salt, pour over hot water in a 1:1.5 ratio, cover, and let stand for about 3-5 minutes according to the package instructions

Optional: Debone the thighs and cut into cubes. Optional: If you have chicken thighs on the bone, debone them (you can save the bones for stock) and cut the meat into cubes; otherwise just cut the meat

Slice the onion and garlic. Slice the onion and garlic

Cut the carrots into cubes. Cut the carrots into cubes

Brown the chicken until golden. Brown the chicken in a pan over higher heat for about 4 minutes until golden, then set aside

Saute the onion, carrots, and garlic. In the same pan, saute the onion, carrots, and garlic over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes until golden

Add the spices and briefly saute. Add ground cumin, cinnamon, and ground paprika and saute over low heat for another 1 minute

Add the plums, meat, and cook for 15-20 minutes. Add the dried plums and meat, pour in water so that the meat is submerged, and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes

Serve. Serve 🍽️✨