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    Home » Slow Cooker » Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine with Sweet Potato

    Published on Jan 22, 2017. Modified on Jan 14, 2021 by bakingqueen74. This post may contain affiliate links. 10 Comments

    Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine with Sweet Potato

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    Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine

    Colourful, spiced with gentle Moroccan spices and easy to put together, this slow cooker chicken tagine is suited to easy midweek meals and entertaining too! It will go down well with the whole family.

    Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Tagine on BakingQueen74.co.uk

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    • Great for the whole family
    • Ingredients
    • Step by step
    • Serving suggestions
    • Adapting the recipe
    • Freezing
    • You might also like…
    • More tagines
    • Recipe
    • Reviews

    Great for the whole family

    I’m still on a healthy eating drive so this slow cooker chicken tagine is just what I need, served with green vegetables and couscous or rice. 

    In winter or in summer, these Moroccan inspired flavours add a touch of spice to your mealtime. The chicken is so tender from slow cooking, and the harissa, cumin and cinnamon add a delicately spiced flavour.

    Don’t you just love it when dinner looks after itself? That’s the main reason I love to use my slow cooker. Throw in some ingredients and then later on return to a tasty meal, ready to eat.

    I like to shred the chicken with a couple of forks before serving, so that the chicken serves more people. You don’t need a whole chicken breast per person when making a stew like this I find. The spices are mild so the whole family will enjoy the dish.

    Chickpeas and sweet potato make the dish go further too, you could also add butternut squash if you have any, the butter soft texture and flavour goes well in a tagine also. Adding in the pulses and vegetables is a great way to bulk out your dish so it will fill more tummies.

    Garnished with pomegranate seeds, chopped flat-leaf parsley and dried rose petals, these add flavour and colour to the finished tagine, brightening up your plate.

    Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Tagine on BakingQueen74.co.uk

    Ingredients

    Note: For the ingredient quantities please check out the recipe card further down the post.

    • onion
    • red pepper
    • sweet potato
    • chicken breasts 
    • tin of chickpeas
    • passata (UK passata is equivalent to US tomato puree)
    • harissa paste – get this from any supermarket in the specialist ingredients shelf with the herbs and spices
    • cumin
    • cinnamon
    • pomegranate molasses – great to have in the cupboard, a jar will last for ages
    • dried rose petals – you can leave these out if you don’t have any, but they add a lovely fragrance
    • pomegranate seeds, to garnish
    • fresh flat-leaf parsley, to garnish 

    Step by step

    Step 1. Gather your ingredients and put them in the slow cooker pot, excluding the garnish.

    Before cooking, this dish already looks really warming and rich in your slow cooker pot, giving you an idea of what is to come.

    Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Tagine on BakingQueen74.co.uk

    Step 2. Cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.

    Step 3. Shred the chicken and garnish before serving straight from your slow cooker.

    I really think midweek meals needn’t be boring when you can have something like this. Plus you can portion any leftovers up and have them for lunches through the week as well.

    Tagine cooking in the slow cooker - so bright and colourful

    Serving suggestions

    Traditionally a tagine is served with couscous, which takes only minutes to prepare by pouring over hot water, another time saver which is ideal if you want to eat as soon as you get home.

    Rice or pasta will also work too!

    It is also great to add more green vegetables on the side.

    Adapting the recipe

    Vary the spice level by increasing or reducing the amount of harissa paste.

    Add in any vegetables you need to use up from the salad crisper drawer.

    Add in a few chopped dried apricots.

    Leave out the sweet potato and serve with cauliflower rice to reduce the carbs.

    Freezing

    Yes, you can freeze this recipe but don’t add the garnishes before freezing.

    Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato Tagine on BakingQueen74.co.uk

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    For more slow cooker recipes, check out my Recipe Index, and subscribe here so you don’t miss a post. You can also follow me on Facebook and join my new Facebook group here. 

    Here are a few of my other slow cooker chicken recipes you might also like:

    • chicken saag curry
    • chicken pasanda
    • chilli and lime chicken
    • chicken with Mediterranean roasted vegetables
    • chicken thighs with tomatoes and peppers

     

    Tagine served in a blue dish

    More tagines

    Here are some more tagine recipes from me and my blogging friends:

    • Moroccan harissa chickpea stew from Simply Food
    • Lamb tagine with pomegranates
    • Vegan roasted vegetable and chickpea tagine with bulgur wheat from Tinned Tomatoes

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    Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine

    Recipe

    Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine with Sweet Potato

    This Moroccan flavoured dish is a delicious and warming recipe to make in your slow cooker which you can eat all year round
    5 from 4 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Slow Cooker
    Keyword: tagine
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 4 hours
    Total Time: 4 hours 5 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 271kcal
    Author: Lucy Allen | BakingQueen74

    Ingredients

    • 1 onion
    • 0.5 red pepper
    • 1 sweet potato (250 g approx)
    • 3 chicken breasts (500 g approx)
    • 400 g chickpeas drained
    • 500 g passata
    • 2 tsp harissa paste
    • 2 tsp cumin
    • 2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
    • salt and pepper, to taste
    • 1 tsp dried rose petals crushed
    • 3-4 tbsp pomegranate seeds I used half a pomegranate
    • 3-4 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley chopped
    UK Measurements - US Measurements

    Instructions 

    • Add the ingredients to the slow cooker pot.
    • Mix gently to combine the sauce ingredients.
    • Cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6-7 hours.
    • Garnish with the dried rose petals, pomegranate seeds and flat-leaf parsley, and serve with couscous or rice.
    Did you try and love this recipe?Then please leave a review and rating in the comments at the bottom of the post. If you post your creation on Instagram, tag me @bakingqueen74 or use hashtag #bakingqueen74!

     

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    Comments

    1. Jan Bennett says

      February 04, 2017 at 9:18 am

      Love how colourful this is!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        February 04, 2017 at 9:20 am

        Thanks Jan ! Needed it to brighten up these dingy days

        Reply
    2. Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says

      January 26, 2017 at 4:53 pm

      I love using my slow cooker. I’ve never made a tagine in it yet though. Will have to give it a go!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        January 26, 2017 at 8:22 pm

        Great

        Reply
    3. Alan Yates says

      January 26, 2017 at 4:38 pm

      Can you advise what these ingredients are please or what I could use in there place – passata and harissa paste
      Cheers
      Alan

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        January 26, 2017 at 4:46 pm

        Hi Alan, passata is available in the supermarket and is sieved tomatoes. You could use a tin of chopped tomatoes instead but it would have a different consistency. Harissa paste is also available in supermarkets, if you omit it you would lose part of the flavour so best to use it if possible and not replace. Hope that helps!

        Reply
    4. patisseriemakesperfect says

      January 26, 2017 at 11:22 am

      I love my slow cooker Lucy and this looks amazing. You’re so right, it’s great the way it looks after itself. Such a delicious dish.

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        January 26, 2017 at 8:21 pm

        Thanks Angela, it was so tasty

        Reply
    5. the foodie couple says

      January 26, 2017 at 9:27 am

      I’ve never really tried making tagine with chicken but this looks so tasty!!

      Reply
      • bakingqueen74 says

        January 26, 2017 at 8:21 pm

        Thanks Roz, it really brightened up my day

        Reply

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