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This rich and tasty Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine is an effortless dinner with big flavours. Tender, fall-apart chicken thighs are cooked in a rich tomato sauce with fragrant North African spices and sweet bursts of apricot. Perfect for batch cooking!
Notes On This Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine
🧡 This Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine with Apricots is a ‘dump and go’ slow cooker recipe – no need for precooking or browning anything. Just chuck it all in, turn it on, and let the slow cooker work its magic!
🧡 This easy crockpot tagine is both gluten and dairy free, making it a great option to suit multiple dietary requirements.
🧡 I love making this recipe as part of a weekly meal prep as it’s super freezer friendly. You can portion it up ready with rice or gluten free couscous and then just microwave it from frozen, like a homemade ready meal, but way more nutritious!
🧡 Try mixing this recipe up by swapping the chicken thighs for diced beef, or by adding extra chickpeas to make it vegan, in place of the chicken.
Table of Contents
Ingredients and Substitutions
There’s a printable recipe card below for this easy slow cooker chicken tagine with the full quantities. But here are the main ingredients and ideas for any swaps.
- Chicken Thighs: I use skinless, boneless fillets but you could use bone-in. Thighs are better for slow cooking IMO, as chicken breast can dry out.
- Onion and Garlic
- Peppers: Use any colours you like, but I prefer red, yellow or orange in this recipe.
- Chickpeas: You could swap for a different bean if you prefer.
- Ras El Hanout: This is a North African spice mix, made up of a large number of different spices. Find it with your usual spice mixes or on Amazon.
- Tinned Tomatoes
- Vegetable Stock Pot: Be sure to use a gluten free stock – I always use Knorr.
- Dried Apricots: You could omit these if you don’t like them, or use chopped dates.
How to Make Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine
There’s a printable recipe card below with the method. But here are some step-by-step photos to show you how easy this gluten free chicken tagine is to make in the slow cooker.
Storing and Freezing Instructions
TO STORE: Any leftovers of this chicken tagine can be stored in the fridge for 1-2 days. Reheat thoroughly before serving.
TO FREEZE: This chicken tagine can be frozen and reheated to eat. I recommend freezing in portions – sometimes I do this with the rice and gluten free couscous so I can reheat it like a ready meal.
Slow Cooker Chicken Tagine Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 600 g chicken thigh fillets, skinless and boneless
- 1 red onion, finely diced
- 3 tsp chopped garlic
- 2 peppers, chopped
- 400g tinned chickpeas, drained
- 2 tbsp ras el hanout spice mix
- 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 gluten free vegetable stock pot, I use Knorr
- 100 g dried apricots, halved
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker and mix together well.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or on low for 5-6 hours. Stir well before serving, and dish up with gluten free couscous or rice – or portion up and freeze.
Video
Notes
- Leftovers can be kept in the fridge for 1-2 days and reheated thoroughly to eat, or portion up and freeze. Reheat from frozen.
Nutrition
More Slow Cooker Recipes
If you like this slow cooker chicken tagine recipe then make sure you check out these other slow cooker chicken recipes too…
- Slow Cooker Chicken Korma
- Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
- Slow Cooker Chicken Satay
- Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff
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