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tagine

tagine

2 6.1
A slow-cooked stew from North Africa with meat and vegetables or the clay pot used to cook it
  • noun
  • /təˈʒin/
translation icon : tagine
  • The chef served a mouthwatering lamb tagine, filled with tender meat and served with a side of fluffy couscous.
  • lamb tagine
  • Moroccan tagine
  • chicken tagine

Examples

  • I was as pleased with my homemade tagine in the home of a Berber family in a small home off the grid in the Moroccan outback as I was with the steamed snails from the food stall at the Djemaa Al Fna.

    Blog text (31)

  • Oh, I love tagine.

    Hell Hole (2024)

  • Chicken tagine for the win.

    Hell Hole (2024)

  • We are having chicken tagine with vegetables and it looks fantastic and huge.

  • Wanting to try a tagine, I ask, "Does this come with rice?"

    Blog text (31)

  • Main course: I'd probably turn to my old favorite and cook the wonderful mutton tagine from the River Cottage Cookbook.

    Blog text (27)

  • The place has a lot of names, but locals and ex-pats alike who have been coming here for years say it has some of the best tagine in town.

    Stay (2020)

  • That evening, Bruce said the tagine of lamb with apricot and toasted pine nuts was his favorite meal of the summer.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The main course was the most succulent and aromatic tagine of lamb with aubergine and an almond couscous.

    Blog text (19)

  • For dinner, we enjoyed a fragrant tagine made with slow-cooked chicken, vegetables, and aromatic spices.

Synonyms

stew
vstagine
110 1.0

A dish of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid

is the North African version often spiced and also names a conical earthenware pot
pottage
vstagine
  • Archaic
2 9.9

A thick soup or stew made from vegetables and sometimes meat, often eaten in the past

is a North African spiced slow dish and also the name of its pot
hot pot
vstagine
  • UK
1 2.7

A stew of meat and potatoes cooked slowly in a covered pot

is similar but tied to North African spices and a special conical pot
chicken stew
vstagine
1 1.0

A dish of chicken pieces cooked slowly with vegetables in liquid

is broader and not limited to one type of meat or spices
stewpot
vstagine
1 2.4

A large deep pot for cooking stews and soups

is the specific North African earthenware vessel rather than a generic pot
cassoulet
vstagine
1 8.1

A deep round clay pot used to cook and serve slow stews in southern France

is the North African earthenware vessel used for slow spiced dishes

How Slow-Cooked

pot roast
  • US
22 2.4
tagine
2 6.1
stew
110 1.0

Surface Forms

tagine singular
tagines plural

Etymology

Tagine comes from North Africa and the Berber word tajin, which named a 'clay pot' with a 'cone-shaped lid'. Because cooks make a slow-cooked stew inside that pot, the food also took the same name, so tagine can mean both the pot and the stew, like how 'casserole' can mean a dish and the pan it is cooked in.