Slow-cooker chickpea and sweet potato tagine recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
This veg-packed tagine recipe is lightly spiced and suitable for weaning your baby from 10+ months stage*. It can be blitzed with a blender if needed for a finer texture, or just lightly mashed with a fork to suit your little one. It's perfect for batch-cooking and can be frozen – see our tip below.
See method- Makes 8 servings or feeds 2 adults and 4 children
- Takes up to 6 hrs
- 297 calories / serving
- Freezable
- Dairy-free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 450g (2 small) sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
- 400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- ½ tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 30g dried apricots, finely chopped
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander
- 300g couscous
- ¼ lemon, zested
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 1255kJ 297.0kcal
- Fat
- 3g
- Saturates
- 1g
- Salt
- 0.1g
- Sugars
- 9g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 52.9gProtein 11.3gFibre 7.3g
Method
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the onion for 7-8 mins until soft, then add the garlic and cook for another 1 min. Stir in the sweet potatoes, chickpeas, spices and tomato purée and cook for a further 1 min before stirring in the apricots, chopped tomatoes and 250ml water.
- Bring to a gentle simmer, then pour into a slow cooker and cook on high for 3-4 hrs or medium for 5-6 hrs until tender. Alternatively, cook in the oven at gas 3, 170°C, fan 150°C for 2½ hrs until the sweet potatoes have mostly fallen apart, then stir in the coriander.
- When ready to serve, put the couscous into a heatproof bowl and pour over 450ml boiling water. Add a lid and allow the couscous to absorb the water for 5 mins, fluff up with a fork and stir in the lemon zest before serving with the sweet potato stew.
- Tip: This dish will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- See more Baby weaning recipes
Freezing and defrosting guidelines
Freeze in portions with the couscous mixed in or separately for up to 3 months, then defrost when needed for quick dinners. In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.
- *This recipe is appropriate for babies progressing through the weaning stages, from around 10-12 months of age. Babies may now be used to 3 meals a day and enjoying more rounded dishes.
- When weaning your baby, introduce allergenic foods one at a time and not before 6 months.
