Moroccan chicken

[Sweet_Pea]

INGREDIENTS:
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed
2 teaspoons salt
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
1/2 teaspoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 cup crushed tomatoes
1 cup canned chickpeas, drained
1 zucchini, sliced
1 tablespoon lemon juice

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DIRECTIONS:
Season chicken with salt and brown in a large saucepan over medium heat until almost cooked through. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
Saute onion, garlic, carrots and celery in same pan. When tender, stir in ginger, paprika, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper and turmeric; stir fry for about 1 minute, then mix in broth and tomatoes. Return chicken to pan, reduce heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Add chickpeas and zucchini to pan and bring to simmering once again; cover pan and cook for about 15 minutes, or until zucchini is cooked through and tender. Stir in lemon juice and serve.

[_Alice_]

I don't know what's going on in Algeria, nevertheless, the chicken begins harshly to be boycotted in Morocco because of the arrival of the flu aviaire in Europe.

sorry for your takings but this is a tragic reality, when one knows to which not at all the government is slow in this problem kind!!

[sania]

How to brown the chicken meat in a sauce pan?
You mean with oil to stir fry ? or bake it ?

Can you not brown it in an oven, microwave/heater ?
It will be faster!

I admit, I am new to cooking.

If you wash your hands thoroughly after handling raw meat,
you need not worry much about bird-flu.

But do not buy chicken, when they are dying by droves!

[Ruks]

Sania- to brown chicken or meat - you simply fry in little oil, the meat - on all sides until it turns brown/golden in colour

[Sweet_Pea]

Even when the recipe calls for baking I usually brown the meat on the stove top(way Ruks said) before putting in the oven.