Ingredients
whole chicken (medium size)
1 large onion
3-4 garlic cloves
1 preserved lemon (large size)
2 table
3-4 garlic cloves
1 preserved lemon (large size)
2 table
spoons olive oil
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
Large pinch saffron threads (optional)
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
A small bouquet of fresh cilantro
1 preserve lemons
15 green olives
A little bit of butter
Water (2 cups)
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
Large pinch saffron threads (optional)
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
A small bouquet of fresh cilantro
1 preserve lemons
15 green olives
A little bit of butter
Water (2 cups)
Directions
Step 1 - Preparing the Ingredients:
1- First, let’s prepare the ingredients! Peel the onion and using the large holes of a grater, simply grate it. Thinly chop the small leftover pieces of the onion.
2- Crush the garlic cloves with the flat of a knife then chop them finely.
3- Here is our secret ingredient: preserved lemon! Quarter the preserved lemon and remove the pulp from the peel. Slice the peel and finely chop the pulp.
Keep them in separate bowls.
1- First, let’s prepare the ingredients! Peel the onion and using the large holes of a grater, simply grate it. Thinly chop the small leftover pieces of the onion.
2- Crush the garlic cloves with the flat of a knife then chop them finely.
3- Here is our secret ingredient: preserved lemon! Quarter the preserved lemon and remove the pulp from the peel. Slice the peel and finely chop the pulp.
Keep them in separate bowls.
Step 2 - Browning the Chicken:
1- On medium heat, drizzle vegetable oil and olive oil in a large pot.
2- Add the grated onion and chopped garlic.
3- Crush the saffron threads and add along the rest of the spices: ground ginger, ground turmeric, and ground black pepper.
4- Add all of the chopped preserved lemon pulp. Mix well and cook for 1 minute. I am not adding salt because the preserved lemon is already salty. So be careful with that.
5- Now add the chicken to the onion mixture cover the pot and cook for 1 minute. Turn the chicken and cook each side for 1 minute each time.
The goal is to brown the chicken and get all the flavors of the spices in it.
1- On medium heat, drizzle vegetable oil and olive oil in a large pot.
2- Add the grated onion and chopped garlic.
3- Crush the saffron threads and add along the rest of the spices: ground ginger, ground turmeric, and ground black pepper.
4- Add all of the chopped preserved lemon pulp. Mix well and cook for 1 minute. I am not adding salt because the preserved lemon is already salty. So be careful with that.
5- Now add the chicken to the onion mixture cover the pot and cook for 1 minute. Turn the chicken and cook each side for 1 minute each time.
The goal is to brown the chicken and get all the flavors of the spices in it.
Step 3 - Cooking the Chicken:
1- Add a bouquet of fresh cilantro, add 2 cups of water, cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes. Turn over the chicken to the other side, cover the pot and continue cooking for another 15 minutes.
2- From time to time check that there is enough water in the pot, you only want to half cover the chicken with water – otherwise, the sauce will be too watery.
3- After 30 minutes of total cooking time, remove the chicken from the pot and place it in a baking pan, breast up. Remove the bouquet of cilantro from the sauce and discard.
1- Add a bouquet of fresh cilantro, add 2 cups of water, cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes. Turn over the chicken to the other side, cover the pot and continue cooking for another 15 minutes.
2- From time to time check that there is enough water in the pot, you only want to half cover the chicken with water – otherwise, the sauce will be too watery.
3- After 30 minutes of total cooking time, remove the chicken from the pot and place it in a baking pan, breast up. Remove the bouquet of cilantro from the sauce and discard.
Step 4 - Baking the Chicken and Reducing the Sauce:
1- Pass a piece of butter all over the chicken so it gets a nice layer of fat, and bake in a preheated oven to 400 F / 200 C for around 10-15 minutes until the chicken gets a nice brown color.
2- In the mean time, add green olives and a few slices (3-4 slices) of the preserved lemon skin to the sauce. Uncover the pot, increase the heat to medium-high, and continue cooking the sauce until it gets thick with a syrupy texture.
3- And that’s it! Our chicken is ready… it has a beautiful brown color and it smells like heaven. If you have trussed your chicken, now it’s time to remove the thread.
4- Place the chicken in a plate, pour the thick sauce over and around the chicken, add the olives around the chicken and the slices of preserved lemon on top.
1- Pass a piece of butter all over the chicken so it gets a nice layer of fat, and bake in a preheated oven to 400 F / 200 C for around 10-15 minutes until the chicken gets a nice brown color.
2- In the mean time, add green olives and a few slices (3-4 slices) of the preserved lemon skin to the sauce. Uncover the pot, increase the heat to medium-high, and continue cooking the sauce until it gets thick with a syrupy texture.
3- And that’s it! Our chicken is ready… it has a beautiful brown color and it smells like heaven. If you have trussed your chicken, now it’s time to remove the thread.
4- Place the chicken in a plate, pour the thick sauce over and around the chicken, add the olives around the chicken and the slices of preserved lemon on top.
Serve with crusty bread. Bon appetit!
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