Roasted chicken “tagine” with dates, olives, and lemon from Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals (page 24) by Melissa Clark

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    Can substitute cherry tomatoes and mushrooms for carrots and/or sweet potatoes.

  • pastaplease on February 17, 2026

    This was very good, excellent flavors. Easy to overcook the chicken, though. Next time will lower the temperature a bit.

  • LumiCooks on January 09, 2026

    Used carrots we had frozen from our garden. Had to make double the coating mixture, as it was not nearly enough to coat 3 pounds chicken. This dish was SO delicious, but a bit of a greasy mess for cleanup.

  • elianita on July 08, 2025

    This was a very easy to assemble and delicious meal. My toddlers don’t typically like carrots, but they ate this meal with no fuss. I personally found it a bit rich but everyone really enjoyed it.

  • megrmajer on June 13, 2025

    Made it with bone in chicken breasts, carrots, mushrooms, sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes. Followed the recipe exactly and served with couscous. I loved that it uses pantry ingredients and lots of veggies. The flavours were outstanding. I loved the mix of olives, dates and spiced chicken. Dates were fine in the oven for 15 minutes. Husband was super impressed, kids ate it up too which I was kind of surprised by but the chicken was super delicious.

  • innerharbors on April 01, 2025

    This is really such a good, reliable recipe (except for the dates, which others have covered). Also takes well to variation. I borked it and forgot to pick up lemons at the store -- but I subbed in a couple of thinly sliced segments of preserved lemons I had in the fridge and that worked great.

  • TinyCitiKitchen on November 11, 2024

    Like a lot of people, I saw this recipe on a Dorie Greenspan post. And Melissa Clark never lets me down. This will definitely be repeated. No fuss and cooks so fast; it’s an ideal work-night meal. And it’s so full of flavor! I only used thighs because I prefer thighs; also made it easy to figure out portions (my 3 lbs of thighs created 5 2-thigh portions; I’ve frozen a couple for an easy night next month) time I might add some extra veg because hey, why not? I agree with those who say to leave the dates until the last 5 min. If they’re pretty soft before and you only halve them, the might be fine according to the recipe but mine were older and I sliced them kind of thin. I ate this with garlic naan from the grocery store and it was a feast. Also giving a shout out to my Great Jones Holy Sheet, which cleaned up in a New York minute!

  • SpatulaCity on October 30, 2024

    A keeper recipe. Very easy to put together and quick to get in the oven. I doubled the spices, and subbed cherry tomatoes for the carrots. Loved the little bursts of juice these contributed! My dates were thickly sliced and didn’t burn in 15 minutes. I think a touch of fresh lemon juice would be a nice add at the end, for brightness.

  • bernalgirl on July 30, 2024

    R made this with carrots, lemon and olives, no dates or sweet potatoes, and left off the cinnamon. We liked it very much, the interplay between the roasted carrots and olives is wonderful and this is so easy

  • Rinshin on March 31, 2024

    My husband liked it very much. I like braised, stir fried, pan grilled, fried, or barbecued chicken but have not found oven roast chicken recipe that I like much. I thought the addition of olives, dates, and cilantro/mint topping would change that, but it did not.

  • kari500 on November 08, 2023

    Yep, this is delicious and easy. I cut the sweet potatoes and carrots into smaller chunks and stuck them in the oven about 10-25 minutes before adding the chicken. Took Stef’s advice and held the dates back until the last 5 minutes. Served over couscous.

  • Wende on January 17, 2023

    This is so delicious and very easy. Will definitely make this one again.

  • peaceoutdesign on January 16, 2023

    Lots of flavor and pretty fast to whip up.

  • DFarnham on November 17, 2022

    Easy weeknight dinner. Used a combo of thighs and split breasts; heirloom carrots and garnet sweet potatoes. Really lovely flavor. Definite repeat.

  • stef on October 17, 2022

    I made this because Dorie recommended it in her newsletter. The bone on thighs were nicely spiced and the carrots and sweet potato wedges caramelized nicely. In the last 15 minutes you throw in some olives and dates. I would wait to put in the dates 5 minutes before taking dish out because some of the dates turned hard. We really enjoyed this dish and there is minimal cleanup.

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