Chicken Tagine with Saffron and Mint

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Tagines—warmly spiced, deeply flavored stews slow-cooked in earthenware vessels of the same name—are a Berber specialty popular in several North African countries. We wanted to make a version using more common Western cookware.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 1½ to 2 hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Tagines can include all manner of meats, vegetables, and fruit, but for this recipe, we set our sights on a tagine that included moist, tender chicken complemented by fragrant saffron and mint. Noting that the dark meat—drumsticks and thigh...

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