Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken Recipe

Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken Recipe

This slow cooker Moroccan chicken recipe is quite flavorful and produces moist tender chicken. While the recipe calls for boneless chicken thighs, you can use any cut of chicken including chicken breasts.

Total Time:
Prep Time- 15 minutes
Cooking Time- 2.5 hours on high or 5 hours on low

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Ingredients:
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs (cut off any excess fat)
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 red onion roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 cup pitted green olives
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 fresh lemon, thinly sliced
Fresh cilantro for garnish

Directions:
1. Salt chicken thighs with 1/2 teaspoon salt, then let them sit while you prepare the other ingredients.
2. Whisk together in a small bowl- paprika, ginger, cumin, coriander, turmeric, cinnamon, allspice, crushed fennel seeds and nutmeg.
3. Layer the following ingredients in this order in the slow cooker- onions, chicken, spices, garlic, olives, raisins, lemon slices.
4. Cook in slow cooker for 2.5 hours on high or 5 hours on low.
5. In the last 30-minutes of cooking, mix ingredients so that the lemons, olives and raisins get mixed into the liquid.
6. Serve with couscous or rice; and garnish with fresh cilantro.

Wine Pairings:
We preface all of our wine pairing suggestions by letting you know that it’s really a matter of personal taste. While we do offer our opinions and why we selected a specific varietal, there is no right or wrong answer when pairing a wine with your dinner.

Pinot Noir
Typically with a chicken dish, you would pair it with a white wine or a blush/ pink wine; but this Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken recipe is a very vibrant full dish full of flavor. The spices from this dish are strong and can stand up to a light red wine. In this case I would recommend a Pinot Noir wine. The wine is light and blends perfectly with this Moroccan dish. Follow the link to our wine review site to find our favorite Albariño wines-LetsHaveWine.com

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