Stewed Chicken with Aubergine, Chickpeas, Dates and Ras El Hanout
Sounds inflexible, is anything but
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I wouldn’t ordinarily use such a specific dish as a jumping-off point here at The Capsule Pantry. After all, TCP is supposed to be about flexible recipes.
But interestingly, this recipe started as something entirely different. It was a Diana Henry vegetarian side dish. There was no ras al hanout and there was no yogurt dressing.
As with many of my favourite recipes, it’s morphed over the years.
Now, this dish sits firmly in my everyday dishes rotation - I must make it at least every two weeks and it almost always comes out different, depending on what I can get my hands on whilst I’m on the road. It could be chicken or pork or simply vegetarian. It could be aubergine or carrots. It could be yoghurt dressing or no dressing at all.
It is, in fact, the perfect TCP recipe.
Serves 4
For the chicken
4 chicken portions. They can be boneless chicken thighs (my preferred choice), drumsticks, or breasts. Ideally skin-on.