Citrus Chicken Tagine in Your Pressure Cooker
This Citrus Chicken Tagine delivers tender, flavorful chicken infused with citrus, spices, and sweet-savory depth, all made quickly in a pressure cooker.
Equipment
- 1 Pressure cooker
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Harissa spice paste
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ½ teaspoon cardamom
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 Cara Cara oranges zested and cut into eighths
- 8 bone-in chicken thighs
- minced garlic
- diced red onion
- whole crushed tomatoes
- chicken stock
- green olives
- diced dried apricots
- chopped preserved lemon
- Meyer lemon slices
Instructions
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together harissa, smoked paprika, turmeric, cumin, ginger, cinnamon, coriander, allspice, cardamom, and cayenne pepper.
- Rub the spice blend thoroughly onto the chicken thighs. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- Heat the pressure cooker with a bit of oil. Brown the chicken thighs on all sides.
- Add zested and cut Cara Cara oranges, sliced Meyer lemon, diced red onion, and minced garlic into the pot. Pour in chicken stock.
- Seal the pressure cooker. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.
- Allow the cooker to release pressure naturally (slow release).
- Open the lid carefully. Stir in crushed tomatoes, green olives, dried apricots, and preserved lemon. Simmer on low heat with lid off.
- Adjust salt or spices to taste. Garnish with fresh cilantro or mint and citrus before serving.
Notes
For deeper flavor, marinate chicken overnight. Leftovers taste even better next day!