Chicken Loaf Tagine

19 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small eggplant, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice (1/2 lb.)
  • 1 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch dice
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 12 lbs ground chicken
  • 1 cup cooked couscous
  • 1 cup firm white breadcrumb
  • 12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 12 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
  • 14 teaspoon cayenne
  • 14 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 egg

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350; in a big skillet, heat the oil and cook the eggplant, zucchini, onion, and garlic over med-low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are very soft (12-15 minutes).
  2. 2
    In a big bowl, use your hands to gently combine the chicken, couscous, bread crumbs, parsley, cilantro, ginger, lemon and orange peel, cumin, salt, pepper, cayenne, cinnamon, egg, and cooked vegetables.
  3. 3
    Pat mixture into a 9x5 inch loaf pan, smoothing the top.
  4. 4
    Bake about 1 hour or until loaf is firm, the top is richly browned and meat thermometer reads 160; let loaf stand in the pan for 10 minutes; then slice and serve.

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