Quick Beef Tagine
5
Points®
Total time: 45 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 25 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This Moroccan dish usually takes hours of slow cooking, but we sped things up by using lean ground beef. This tagine has a wonderful balance of sweetness and heat and is chockfull of eggplant, onion, carrots, garlic, diced tomatoes, and chickpeas. It's spiced with ground cumin and cinnamon, while dried apricot brings in that touch of sweetness. Top it off with some fresh cilantro and lemon juice for a bright, citrusy, and colorful note. The best part is it all comes together in just one skillet and takes only 45 minutes to prepare. Couscous, brown rice, or basmati rice would all be terrific on the side.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
2 spray(s)
Uncooked eggplant(s)
1 small
Uncooked onion(s)
1 medium
Carrots
2 medium
Uncooked 93% lean ground beef
8 oz
Garlic
2 large clove(s)
Ground cumin
1.5 tsp
Ground cinnamon
0.5 tsp
Canned diced tomatoes
14.5 oz
Chickpeas
1 cup(s)
Fat-free reduced sodium chicken broth
0.5 cup(s)
Dried apricot halves
8 half/halves
Table salt
1 tsp
Cilantro
0.333 cup(s)
Lemon
0.5 item(s), large
Instructions
1
Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add eggplant, onion and carrots; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften slightly and are light golden, 7 minutes.
2
Add beef to skillet; cook until browned, breaking up clumps with a wooden spoon, 2 minutes. Stir in garlic, cumin and cinnamon; cook until fragrant, stirring, 30 seconds.
3
Stir in tomatoes, chickpeas, broth, apricots and salt; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, stirring occasionally, for vegetables to become tender and for flavors to develop, 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro and serve with lemon wedges.
4
Serving size: 1 1/2 cups
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