Moroccan Chicken with Preserved Lemons
- 4 pounds chicken legs, breast, and thighs, cut in 8 parts
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 x salt to taste
- 1 x black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon saffron threads
- 1 teaspoon ginger root grated
- 3 each onions finely chopped
- 1 each garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon cumin ground
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds ground
- 2 cups chicken broth preferably homemade
- 12 each olives green, pitted, sliced
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 each lemon
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Season chicken with salt and lemon.
- Chill 6 hours.
- Process all the spices, along with the ginger and garlic in a food processor.
- Brown chicken pieces in the oil.
- Stir in onions and spice mixture and turn chicken pieces to coat well.
- Add chicken stock and cook over moderate heat turning pieces often.
- Remove breast parts after 20 minutes.
- Continue cooking the rest of the chicken another 25 minutes.
- Return breast to pan.
- Add lemon rind very thinly sliced and olives.
- Cook 5 to 10 minutes.
- Correct seasonings.
- Serve with white rice or couscous with chickpeas and a salad.
chicken, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, saffron threads, ginger root, onions, garlic, cumin ground, coriander seeds ground, chicken broth, olives green, paprika, lemon, olive oil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/moroccan-chicken-preserved-lemo-2059 (may not work)