Chicken, olive & lemon tagine with couscous

A North African dinner for the galley that copes with rough seas, can be made ahead and frozen, about 55 min hands-on.

  • Dinner
  • North African
  • ⏱ 55 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 4/5
  • kosher
  • halal

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • Chicken thigh (boneless)560 g (140 g)
  • Onion (brown/yellow)240 g (≈ 2 onions) (60 g (≈ 0.5 onion))
  • Olives (jar)80 g (20 g)
  • Lemon80 g (≈ 1 lemon) (20 g)
  • Garlic (bulb)16 g (≈ 0.5 bulb) (4 g)
  • Fresh ginger12 g (3 g)
  • Ground turmeric2 g (0.5 g)
  • Ground cumin4 g (1 g)
  • Coriander / cilantro12 g (3 g)
  • Extra-virgin olive oil40 g (10 g)
  • Couscous280 g (70 g)
  • Vegetable stock cubes12 g (3 g)

Method

  1. Brown the chicken in the oil 5 minutes; add onion, garlic, ginger and spices, 3 minutes.
  2. Add lemon slices, olives, stock cube and 150 ml water per serving; lid on, simmer 25 minutes.
  3. Pour boiling water over the couscous (same volume), cover 5 minutes; serve with coriander.

In the galley

  • Copes with a seaway — 4/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Stow the main ingredients in the fridge.
  • Make ahead: cook in port and freeze in portions.
  • Contains: Celery, Gluten — always check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

💪 Protein-packed

kcal
601
protein
39 g
fat
19 g
carbs
68 g
sugar
4 g
fibre
6 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label; a few values use a close stand-in.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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