Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken tagine with lemon and olives. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mediterranean, Moroccan, Calamata Olives, Chicken, Cinnamon Stick, Green Olives, Lemon Juice, Poultry, Preserved Lemon, Dinner, Main Course. Transfer to tagine, if you are using one, or leave in skillet. A tagine is a terra-cotta pot with a conical lid used in Morocco.
Chicken Tagine with Lemon and Olives is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Chicken Tagine with Lemon and Olives is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken tagine with lemon and olives using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tagine with Lemon and Olives:
- Make ready 3 tbsp Olive oil
- Get 2 red onions
- Make ready 3 garlic cloves
- Prepare to taste salt
- Make ready 2 tsp ground ginger
- Make ready 1 tsp saffron
- Take 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1/2 lemon (juiced)
- Take 1 small jar preserved lemon paste
- Take 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Get 1 small bunch of coriander
- Prepare 6 chicken thighs
- Take Your choice and amount of olives
- Prepare 175 ml water
The cooking times may vary depending on the size of your chicken. Heat the olive oil in a large tagine, casserole or a deep frying pan. Add the onions and gently over a medium heat until softened and lightly golden-brown. Turn the chicken regularly to prevent it sticking.
Steps to make Chicken Tagine with Lemon and Olives:
- This is based on using an actual tagine pot. It will assume you can use it on direct gas but if not you can easily do the following steps in a heavy bottomed pan first instead (which is what I've done)
- PREP: * Thinly slice your onions length ways. *Crush your garlic and mix with 1/2 tsp of salt. *Add a little warm water to your saffron in small vessel. *Chop your coriander roughly.
- Heat you pan on a low heat and add the Olive oil. Add the chicken thighs to the pan skin side down and seal for a few mins. Turn over and seal other side. You are not cooking the chicken here so this is a 10 min step max… You'd like a nice bit of browning if you can
- Remove the chicken to side
- Now add the onion to pan and add the mashed garlic and salt too. Mix over medium heat.
- Sprinkle the ginger, pour the saffron water and add the cinnamon, followed by the lemon juice and the preserved lemon. Add the parsley and coriander and mix it all up. Smells awesome!
- If you have a tagine you can now transfer the mix to the tagine. If not carry on with your pan.
- Now layer your chicken thighs onto your mix and add your olives
- Now pour over 175ml of water in to the dish (or pan if you have no tagine)
- Now, put tagine into oven at 180 or if you can leave on hob on low heat for 45 mins or until the chicken is cooked through and has clear liquids (no red). If you are using a pan at this time, you will need a lid for it that seals well. You can always wrap some foil around the seal to help. Leave the pan on low heat.
- If you have spare herbs add them along with any salt to taste. Add couscous or breads to enjoy a tasty meal
Cook a one-pot chicken tagine the whole family will love. It somehow says summer and autumn in one bite using a gentle but heady Moroccan spice mix. Uncover, place the olives and lemon slices on top and drizzle the lemons with a little oil. Chicken, Olive, and Lemon Tagine (Djaj Mqualli). Tagine, the Moroccan stew, shares its name with the terra-cotta pot it's traditionally cooked in, whose neat conical lid promotes convection and even cooking.
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