MIDDLE-EASTERN TAGINE MEAT RECIPE

How To Make MIDDLE-EASTERN TAGINE MEAT Using TAHOON - TAGINE MEAT SPICE;

Time To Prepper And Cook: About 2 HOURS

Serving Size: 3 Persons

The Tagine meat dish is one of the most famous dishes in Moroccan, North Africa, and Middle-East cuisines. Tagines meat dish that combine meat and vegetables and it is usually made with lamb or beef meat along with garlic, onion, and potato.

Middle-Eastern tagine meat is popular family meal, and it's usually made of beef or lamb meat and traditionally cooked in a ceramic pot or clay pot, and it stewed slow-cooked on the stove or inside the oven.

Tagine meat spices are a combined of many spices such; saffron or safflower, cinnamon, ginger, and pepper.

Beef tagine meat or lamb tagine meat dish can be served with yellow rice or white rice or any type of bread on the side.

Tagine meat dish is paired with Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice.

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb.       Beef Chuck Under Blade Center Steak Boneless Denver Cut or Lamb Leg Boneless Meat

7 Pcs.    Fresh Yellow Onions - Medium size

7 Pcs.     Peeled Garlic Cloves - Large size

10 Pcs.   Fresh Red Potato - Small size.

10 Pcs.   Fresh Tomatoes - Medium size.

1 tbsp.   Olive Oil

2 tbsp.   Butter (use butter only when you are cooking with beef)

2 tbsp.   Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice  Add To Cart 🛒

1 tsp.      Salt - to your preference

Definitions:

lb.:      Pound

Pcs.:   Pieces

tsp.:   Teaspoon

tbsp.: Tablespoon 

DIRECTIONS:

STEP 1

Place the meat on top of meat cutting board and start cutting the beef or lamb meat into 3 inch dice pieces, then put it into a bowl, add the 1 tbsp. olive oil on top of the meat dices and mix well together, sprinkle 1 tbsp. of Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice or (to your preference) on top of the meat dices and the olive oil then mix it well together.

STEP 2

Peel the onion and put it into a bowl, then sprinkle it with a pinch of Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice or (to your preference) and mix it well.

Put the peeled garlic cloves into a bowl, then sprinkle it with a pinch of Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice or (to your preference) and mix it well.

Put the red potatoes into a bowl, then sprinkle it with a pinch of Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice or (to your preference) and mix it well.

Put the whole tomatoes into a bowl, then sprinkle it with a pinch of Tahoon – Tagine Meat Spice or (to your preference) and mix it well.

STEP 3

Place a 1 tbsp. butter into a large size nonstick pan, over medium heat until the butter melts, then place the meat dices into the pan and adjust the heat to high and consistently stir the meat dices with the butter using large spoon for about 5 to 7 min. until meat gets fried to medium rare evenly, then remove the pan off the heat and left out the meat dices out of the pan and place it into a large sized clay pot or nonstick pot.  

STEP 4

Keeping that same pan,, Do NOT wash it and keep the grease left over, put 1 tbsp. butter into it and place it again on medium heat until the butter melts. Next, place the spiced garlic bulbs into the pan and consistently stir it with a large spoon until it is fried and gets a golden color, then remove it from the pan and place it on top of the meat dices (into the large clay pot or nonstick pot).

STEP 5

Keeping that same pan, while still on medium heat, Do NOT wash it and keep same grease left over, place the spiced onion into the pan and stir to cook evenly using the same large spoon. Do this until it fries and gets a golden color, then remove it from the pan and place it on top of the meat dices (into the large clay pot or nonstick pot). 

STEP 6

Keeping that same pan, while still on medium heat, Do NOT wash it and keep same grease left over, place the spiced red potatoes into the pan. Start to cook the red potatoes evenly with the same large spoon until it fries and gets an almost golden color, then remove it from the pan and place it on top of the meat dices (into the large clay pot or nonstick pot).

STEP 7

Keeping that same pan, while still on medium heat, Do NOT wash it and keep same grease left over, place the spiced tomatoes into the pan. Begin to flip the tomatoes over with the same large spoon until its fries and gets an almost golden color, then remove it from the pan and place it on top of the meat dices (into the large clay pot or nonstick pot).

STEP 8

Keeping that same pan, while still on medium heat, Do NOT wash it and keep same grease left over, place into half cup (100 ml.) water until it boils and it becomes a soup. Then place the soup on top of all ingredients (into the large clay pot or nonstick pot) and place the top lid of the clay pot or nonstick pot. Next, place the pot into the middle of oven, set the oven heat to bake at 400^oF for 30 minutes and start cooking. After 30 minutes reduce the oven heat to 300^oF and keep it for 1 hr.

STEP 9

Once everything is cooked, turn off the oven and remove the pot out of oven, lift the pot lid, then your middle-eastern tagine meat dish is ready to serve. Enjoy!

Writer: Dima

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