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Chicken Olive Lime Tagine
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Chicken Lime Tagine

Perfectly cooked chicken in this Morrocan tagine dish with preserved lime and black olives.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken thighs
  • Olive oil
  • 1 large red onion chopped
  • large knob of ginger mined
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 green chilli chopped fine
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 tbsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 250 ml chicken stock
  • 1 tsp light brown sugar
  • 2 medium preserved limes quartered and seeded centers removed (or preserved lemon if unavailable)
  • 150 gm black olives
  • juice from 1/2 lemon
  • Salt and pepper
  • large handful chopped coriander for garnish

Instructions

  • Heat a little oil in the tagine base and fry chicken thighs skin side down until crisp and brown. Remove from pan and set aside.
  • Using the fat from the chicken, fry chopped onions until soft, followed by minced garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, turmeric and green chilli, cook for approximately 2 minutes or until spices are fragrant).
  • Dissolve sugar in hot chicken stock. Add stock and lemon juice to onion and spice mixture.
  • Next place chicken thighs skin side up back into the tagine dish. Season with salt and pepper. Scatter with preserved lime pieces and olives. Place a lid on top and cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
  • Remove lid, taste and season with salt and pepper if needed. Finish by garnishing with coriander leaves. Serve with potatoes, rice, couscous or quinoa.

Notes

If you are having problems purchasing preserved lime then simply substitute for preserved lemon.