{"id":2712,"date":"2019-10-12T15:34:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T15:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2019-10-12T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T15:34:36","slug":"chicken-tagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/12\/chicken-tagine\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tagine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Easy Moroccan awesomeness for the backcountry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This turned out to be the only new meal I made on my recent trip to Zion, and it might have been our favorite one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll definitely want to play around with the quantities for some of the ingredients to find your own personal sweet spot.  You&#8217;ll also need to do your own conversions from fresh to dehydrated equivalents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They key to this one is the spices.  You can substitute a tagine spice mix for the individual spices listed below.  If you do, use 1 1\/2-2 TB of your mixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serve this dish over couscous.  Again, make whatever amount suits your taste.  The more couscous you make, the further you can stretch this meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INGREDIENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 packet Ghee or olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/2 small onion, diced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 garlic cloves, minced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/2 TB fresh ginger root, minced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 oz. chicken chunks equivalent (probably around 4 oz. freeze-dried)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Tsp. each turmeric, cumin and coriander<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/4 tsp. cinnamon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/2 cup of water (more if desired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 chicken bullion cubes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 oz. garbanzo beans (dehydrated equivalent, rehydrated for a few minutes before cooking)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 1\/2 cups equivalent of dehydrated butternut squash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Tsp. Harissa powder (optional for if you want some heat)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 packet of honey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/4 cup diced apricots (bring a few dried apricots and dice &#8217;em up with your multitool knife)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 mini boxes of Sunmaid raisins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/4 cup slivered almonds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 packet of TrueLemon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIRECTIONS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Splash water into all of the bags with dehydrated ingredients a few minutes before cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saute onion until translucent, then add garlic and ginger for an additional minute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add chicken and spices, stir for 1 minute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add everything else EXCEPT the squash (including the water) and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for about 10 minutes (covered; stir periodically to avoid burning from hot spots).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add the squash, continue to simmer covered for another 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serve over couscous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easy Moroccan awesomeness for the backcountry This turned out to be the only new meal I made on my recent trip to Zion, and it might have been our favorite one. You&#8217;ll definitely want to play around with the quantities for some of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fivestarhikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_20191001_163614.jpg?fit=1711%2C962&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2714,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712\/revisions\/2714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}