Recipe: Tajine of chicken with olives and preserved lemon

Name: Tajine de poulet aux olives et citron confits
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 185 min
Yield: 8 portions
Ingredients: poulets (2 poulets de 1 k 750 g) coupés chacun en 8 morceaux500 gr oignons épluchés et hachés6 gousses d'ail (dégermées)2 citrons non traités (la chair sans la peau et le jus)1 citron confitpersil et coriandre 1/2 botteÉpices : sel-poivre--safranbeurre huile d'arachideéléments de finition :des lamelles de citron confitsolives rouges 250 g

By AFTouch-Cuisine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7/5 (3 reviews) Meat

Prep 15 min

Cook 50 min

Rest 2h

Total 3h05

Servings 8 serv.

Ingredients for 8 servings

chickens (2 chickens of 1 kg 750 g) each cut into 8 pieces
500 g peeled and chopped onions
6 garlic cloves (degerminated)
2 untreated lemons (flesh without skin and juice)
1 preserved lemon

parsley and cilantro 1/2 bunchSpices: salt-pepper-saffronbutter groundnut oilfinishing elements:slices of preserved lemon

red olives 250 g

Step-by-step directions

1/ Prepare the chickens
2/ Cut each chicken into four pieces
3/ Let drain
4/ Prepare the charmoula in the mortar, add the cilantro and parsley, salt and garlic, then pound it until you have a very fragrant paste, then pour into a small bowl and add the flesh of the lemons, juice and spices.
5/ Marinate the chicken pieces in the charmoula, cover and let marinate 2 hours.
6/ Cooking: In a fairly wide pot, heat your oil then place the chicken pieces, brown slightly then add the chopped onions, let sweat covered for 10 minutes, add water to cover, let cook 40 minutes at a gentle boil. At the end of cooking, let reduce to desired volume leaving a little sauce.
Presentation: Arrange the dish in a round platter then decorate with red olives (poached for 10 minutes) and preserved lemon quarters.

Chef Patrick's Comment

You can be proud of this, because it is because I love this recipe that I took the liberty of putting it back "in place" so that as many visitors as possible can make it and enjoy it.

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