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Pressure Cooker Chicken Thigh Tagine

Bone-in chicken thighs are rubbed with toasted coriander, turmeric, paprika and allspice, then pressure cooked with green olives, golden raisins, tomatoes and ginger. It has the sweet, savory depth of a Moroccan tagine in a fraction of the time.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on50 min
  • Total1 h 36 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Spices

  • 2 tbspground coriander
  • 1½ tbspground turmeric
  • 1½ tbspsweet paprika
  • 1 tspground allspice
  • 1 pinchground cinnamon

Tagine

  • 1.36 kgchicken thighs, bone-in and skin-on, trimmed
  • 1 tbspkosher salt, divided
  • ½ tspblack pepper, freshly ground, divided
  • 30 mlextra-virgin olive oil, plus more if needed
  • 1sweet onion, medium, minced
  • 4Roma tomatoes, cored, seeded and coarsely chopped
  • 6 clovesgarlic, minced
  • 1 tbspfresh ginger, grated
  • 150 ggreen olives, pitted and sliced
  • 75 ggolden raisins
  • 2 tbsptomato paste
  • 1 Lchicken stock

To serve

  • 15 gcilantro, chopped
  • 1lemon, zest only

Contains

  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Black and white pepper
  • Allspice
  • Cinnamon
  • Paprika
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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