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🇲🇦 Moroccan Cuisine

Main Dishes

10 Recipes

Chicken Tagine

A slow-cooked Moroccan stew of tender chicken with preserved lemons, olives, and aromatic spices.

Prep 20 mins·🔥Cook 1 hr 15 mins·🍽Serves 4Medium

Lamb Tagine with Prunes

A rich, sweet-savory tagine of slow-braised lamb with dried prunes, almonds, and warming spices.

Prep 25 mins·🔥Cook 2 hrs·🍽Serves 6Medium

Beef Kefta

Spiced ground beef blended with onion, parsley, and cumin, shaped and grilled on skewers or cooked in a tagine.

Prep 20 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 4Easy

Couscous Royale

The iconic Friday dish of fluffy couscous piled with seven seasonal vegetables and slow-cooked lamb.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 1 hr 30 mins·🍽Serves 8Hard

Bastilla

A flaky warqa pastry pie filled with spiced pigeon or chicken, toasted almonds, eggs, and cinnamon sugar.

Prep 45 mins·🔥Cook 45 mins·🍽Serves 8Hard

Merguez with Couscous

Spicy North African lamb and beef sausages served alongside buttery steamed couscous.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 25 mins·🍽Serves 4Easy

Lamb Mechoui

A whole slow-roasted lamb seasoned with cumin, paprika, and butter until the meat falls off the bone.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 5 hrs·🍽Serves 12Hard

Fish Chermoula

Whole fish marinated in chermoula—a vibrant herb and spice sauce—then baked or grilled until tender.

Prep 20 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 4Easy

Rfissa

A celebratory dish of shredded msemen flatbreads bathed in rich chicken and lentil fenugreek broth.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 1 hr 30 mins·🍽Serves 6Hard

Zaalouk

A smoky cooked salad of roasted eggplant and tomatoes seasoned with cumin, paprika, and olive oil.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 4Easy