# 69 - Chicken Tangine

I got a new cookbook the other day that I love, by the people who produce America's Test Kitchen on PBS and edit Cook's Illustrated magazine - The Best 30-minute Recipe. As you can imagine from the title, they've selected a variety of their favorite recipes and tested ways to cook them in 30 minutes or less. I've found that my actual time is greater because of my cooking skill and prep time, but the methods have still resulted in making some tasty meals. The other thing I like about this book is that they've come up with several recipes from different styles of cooking and different cultures. Several of their Indian recipes use a spice blend called garam masala that I assembled from cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, ground cloves, and coriander. Today I made Chicken Tangine which included garbanzo beans and dried apricots. It was quite tasty. I may make it again someday, but I want to explore some more Indian recipes before I come back to this.