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🇲🇦 Traditional dishes from Morocco

3 dishes people actually cook in Morocco: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Chicken tagine

90 min · easy · 9 ingredients

Chicken tagine, a traditional dish from Morocco

Chicken, olives and preserved lemon, slow.

  • 4 chicken legs
  • 1 preserved lemon
  • 100 g green olives
  • 2 onions
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 coriander
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 pinch saffron
  • 1 tsp ground cumin

Harira

75 min · easy · 10 ingredients

Harira, a traditional dish from Morocco

Tomato, lentil and chickpea soup to break a fast.

  • 300 g lamb, cubed
  • 240 g cooked chickpeas
  • 150 g brown lentils
  • 600 g ripe tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 2 celery
  • 80 g vermicelli
  • 1 coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp plain flour

Zaalouk

40 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Zaalouk, a traditional dish from Morocco

Smoky aubergine and tomato cooked to a jam.

  • 2 aubergines
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 lemon

What do people eat in Morocco?

The three dishes from Morocco documented in Copper are Chicken tagine, Harira and Zaalouk. Coriander and garlic each appear in more than one recipe. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 21 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Morocco?

The three recipes need 21 ingredients between them, of which 5 are shared by more than one dish. Ground cumin and ripe tomatoes are the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 3 use ground cumin and 11 use ripe tomatoes. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Morocco take?

Zaalouk is the quickest at 40 minutes. Chicken tagine is the longest at 90 minutes. The median is 75 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Morocco is easiest to make at home?

Chicken tagine, Harira and Zaalouk are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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