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Nutritional Values

🔥900kcal
💪45gProtein
🌾6gCarbs
🥑80gFat
🌿1gFibre
⚖️400 gServing

* Per serving · 400 g. May vary.

Marrakech Tanjia

How to order / say it
Say it طاجين المراكشي — [tan-JEE-ah]
Order I'd like the Marrakech Tanjia, please.
Locally أود طلب الطاجين المراكشي، من فضلك.
Say locally

Slow-cooked beef dish infused with spices and lemon, unique to Marrakech.

Why try it?

Marrakech Tanjia is a symbol of masculine cooking tradition, often prepared during festive communal gatherings. It epitomizes the essence of Marrakech's flavorful simmering style.

How it tastes

Aromatic with slow-cooked spices, its beef melts in your mouth. Zesty preserved lemon adds brightness and contrasts with its rich, velvety texture.

Origin & History — first documented: 1700

Named after its clay pot, Tanjia emerged as a dish cooked by men for festive occasions in 18th-century Marrakech, often by workers preparing a week's food on rest days.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 🥩 600 g beef
  • 🧂 15 g spices
  • 🍋 1 whole preserved lemon
  • 🧄 2 cloves garlic
  • 🧂 1 g saffron
  • 🫒 30 ml olive oil

Method

  1. 1 Mix beef with spices, garlic, and lemon.
  2. 2 Place in Tanjia pot with oil and saffron.
  3. 3 Seal and slow-cook in a clay oven for 4 hours.
  4. 4 Open pot and serve hot.

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