Tajine Msir Zeetoon - Moroccan Chicken With Lemons - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    The Chicken
    1 chicken, cut into serving pieces (thighs or drumsticks) or 8 chicken pieces (thighs or drumsticks)
    Marinate
    1 tablespoon cumin
    2 teaspoons paprika
    1/2 - 1 teaspoon ginger
    1/2 - 1 teaspoon turmeric
    5 garlic cloves, chopped
    fresh coriander, Several handfuls, chopped
    2 lemons, juice of
    black pepper, ground (to taste)
    cayenne pepper, ground (to taste)
    3 -5 tablespoons flour
    Sauce
    4 tomatoes, chopped (either ripe or canned)
    10 -15 green olives (See note below) or 10 -15 black olives, drained (See note below)
    1 lemon, cut into 6 wedges
    50 ml extra virgin olive oil
    250 ml chicken stock
    Extras
    1 lemon, juice of, to taste
Preparation
    Combine the chicken with cumin, paprika, ginger, turmeric, garlic, coriander, lemon juice and peppers, and place in a baking dish in a single layer.
    Leave to marinate for 30 mins, then add the flour, and toss together to cost well.
    Heat the oven to 160oC/325oF/ Gas Mark 3. Add the chopped tomatoes, olives, lemon wedges, olive oil and stock to the dish.
    Bake uncovered for about an hour or until the chick is tender and a delicious sauce has formed.
    Note on olives: You need to have 10-15 each of three types in total you can choose green olives of your choice, black olives, cracked olives, oil-cured olives, purplish-red olives, Kalamata, pimiento-stuffed green olives, etc.

Leave a comment