# Moroccan Chicken Rice Traybake

Moroccan Chicken Rice Traybake is a super easy, super delicious traybake recipe that's perfect to feed the family.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 55 min
- Cuisine: Moroccan
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 tsp ras el hanout
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 0.5 tsp turmeric
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- The juice of a lemon
- 1 kg chicken thighs, skin and bone on
- 250 g basmati rice
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 1 bulb fennel, roughly chopped
- 150 g cherry tomatoes
- 1 preserved lemon, seeds removed and thinly sliced
- 80 g pitted black olives
- 1 handful coriander leaves
- 1 pinch Salt

## Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 fan.
2. Put the rase el hanout, cumin, turmeric, garlic, olive oil, the juice of a lemon and a good pinch of salt into a mixing bowl and mix together.
3. Add the chicken and toss together so it gets completely coated in all those wicked flavours.
4. Put the rice into a roasting dish (I use a 10
hours15 inch) and pour over the stock.
5. Put the chicken, skin side up into the dish.
6. Swirl 50ml of water into the mixing bowl to get out all the flavours and pour that into the dish as well.
7. Arrange the fennel, tomatoes, olives and preserved lemon around the chicken.
8. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
9. Remove the foil and return to the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is golden and cooked through.
10. Season everything with a pinch of salt.
11. Scatter the olives and coriander and serve immediately.

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- roasting dish (10x15 inch)
- foil

## Source

- Original video: https://www.johngregorysmith.com/portfolio-posts/moroccan-chicken-rice-traybake/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e8967fcb-1981-4935-b9cf-ec04e84bee1f
- Extracted: 2026-05-20

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