Moroccan Chicken Sausage Tagine
with Dried Apricots and Chickpeas over Couscous
- Wheat
- Milk
Discover a world of flavor from the comfort of your kitchen: for this meal, we’re headed to Morocco with a sweet and savory sausage tagine over couscous. This stew-like dish is the definition of hearty and features ingredients like carrots, chickpeas, and apricots. After everything gets a quick sauté in the pan, warm spices and chicken broth are added to make things as cozy and filling as can be.
Ingredients
2 unit
Shallot
4 clove
Garlic
4 unit
Carrots
2 unit
Roma Tomato
2 ounce
Dried Apricots
½ ounce
Cilantro
26.8 ounce
Chickpeas
4 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 cup
Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
18 ounce
Italian Chicken Sausage
2 tablespoon
Turkish Spice Blend
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
2 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
2 tablespoon
Vegetable Oil
Salt
Pepper
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Wash and dry all produce. Halve, peel, and mince shallots. Mince or grate garlic. Peel carrots, then thinly slice on an angle. Dice tomatoes. Roughly chop apricots. Finely chop cilantro. Drain and rinse chickpeas. Cut lemons into quarters.
Heat a large drizzle of oil in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add half the shallots and half the garlic. Cook, stirring, until just softened, 1-3 minutes. Stir in 1½ cups water, 2 stock concentrates, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then add couscous. Cover, remove from heat, and set aside.
Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage and half the Turkish Spice, breaking up meat into pieces. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked through, 5-7 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
Heat a large drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add carrots and chickpeas. Cook until veggies soften and begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Add a big pinch of salt and all of the remaining shallots, garlic, and Turkish Spice. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together ⅔ cup water and remaining stock concentrates in a small bowl.
Pour stock mixture into pan. Stir in sausage and tomatoes. Bring to a gentle simmer, then cover pan. (TIP: Use a piece of aluminum foil to cover your pan if it doesn’t have a lid.) Cook until liquid is slightly reduced, 2-3 minutes. Meanwhile, in another small bowl, mix sour cream, hot sauce (to taste), and a pinch of salt. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture has a drizzling consistency.
Fluff couscous with a fork, then stir in 2 TBSP butter, a squeeze or two of lemon, and half the cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. Divide between plates. Top with tagine. Drizzle with crema. Garnish with apricots and remaining cilantro. Serve with remaining lemon quarters on the side for squeezing over.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the unique blend of sweet and savory flavors, with the apricots adding a delightful touch 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Some found it required more prep time than expected, but most agreed the effort was worthwhile.
- Suggestions: Consider adding a crunchy element like toasted almonds; some preferred it without the chicken sausage.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned it reheated well, with some even enjoying it cold the next day.
- Portions: Many were pleasantly surprised by the generous serving size, often having enough for lunch leftovers.
Reviews from our home cooks
The tagine dishes are always good. And we always love the chicken sausage! The apricots made such a good contribution to taste and texture!
This dish is a family favorite! Excellent blend of flavors. Italian sausage with the sweetness of apricots and caramelized carrots along with chickpeas and Turkish spices is delicious!!
I never had whole chickpeas. In my head dried apricots in this recipe was weird. It was really good flavor glad I tried it.
Quick and delicious and the Moroccan spice really gives this dish a nice flavor. This is something I can see making to take to work in the future.
I went to Morocco 4 years ago and dream of the tagine so it was nice to experience some of it again. Maybe we cooked it wrong, but the couscous seemed very dry and not as fluffy as I remember.
More Dried Apricots. Gives the recipe that little bit of sweet that Middle Eastern food has. I am going to try this recipe on my own with Ground Lamb instead of Chicken Sausage.
My first experience with Moroccan food and spice. Absolutely delicious. I might try quinoa instead of couscous next time. Absolutely love this flavor. Will make this again for sure!!
This was an interesting dish which we really enjoyed. We added more dried apricots, but they weren't really necessary as the other flavors were delicious and didn't need more apricot flavor.
Delicious, flavorful and very filling. The dried apricots really set it off. This was my favorite meal this week and over several weeks.
My son picked this one out and I was not that excited about the Moroccan dish. I have to say this was my favorite meal this week, it took me out of my comfort zone, and enjoyed the flavors of this Moroccan dish.
