Recipe: Delicious Sig's Chicken Tagine with preserved Lemons

Sig's Chicken Tagine with preserved Lemons.

You can cook Sig's Chicken Tagine with preserved Lemons using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sig's Chicken Tagine with preserved Lemons

1. You need of preserved lemons,see recipe under my profile, you need to make them about 3-4 weeks ahead.
2. Prepare 90 ml (6 tablespoon) of best olive oil.
3. It's 1 tsp of coarse.sea salt.
4. It's 1 dash of juice (about 1/2 lemon).
5. Prepare 1 of large Spanish onion, finely chopped.
6. It's 5 clove of garlic, crushed.
7. You need 1 1/4 tsp of ground ginger.
8. It's 1 3/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
9. You need 1 of large pinch of crushed saffron threads.
10. Prepare 1 of chicken,weight between 1 1/2 and 2 kg.
11. It's 750 ml of chicken stock or water.
12. Prepare 125 grams of or more ripe olives.
13. You need 1 of large bunch of(cilantro) chopped.
14. Prepare 1 of large bunch parsley,chopped.
15. You need 2 of preserved lemon, sliced or chopped,optional.

Sig's Chicken Tagine with preserved Lemons instructions

1. Heat two tablespoon of the oil to simmer,add onion,soften to golden brown colour..
2. Crush two of the cloves of garlic mix with salt,lemon juice and a little coriander,rub into cavity of chicken..
3. Crush rest of garlic,mix with ginger,cinnamon,saffron and some of the olive oil,mix into onions simmer until fragrant, rub this onto chicken,leave to stand for 30-45 minutes.
4. Place chicken breast down into a well fitting tagine or casserole dish.Add the stock or water if preferred.Bring to boil,reduce to simmer cook for about 1 and 1/4 hours, turning the chicken a few times..
5. Add the olives and lemons, coriander and parsley,cover and cook for 15 minutes, until.chicken is tender and moist.You can transfer the chicken to oven proof dish and cook in oven for last 15 minutes on 190C to get more colour onto the chicken..
6. Garnish with more coriander and parsley.
7. I have adjusted this recipe since first adding it..