Moroccan Lemon Chicken

Name: Moroccan Lemon Chicken
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: A good bunch of parsley, finely chopped; Salt and pepper; A good bunch of coriander leaves, finely chopped; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; ½ teaspoon ginger; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 large chicken; 1 onion, grated or very finely chopped; 1–2 preserved lemons, chopped; ½ teaspoon saffron, or 1 teaspoon turmeric

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Preserved lemons, for which there is a recipe, give a delicious flavour to chicken. They are usually coupled with green olives but I prefer to have them alone as in this recipe. You may leave them whole (slit for preserving) or chop them up in the sauce.

Ingredients

1 large chicken
2 tablespoons oil
1 onion, grated or very finely chopped

Africa
Morocco
Preserve
Main course
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Put the chicken in a large saucepan with all the ingredients except the preserved lemons. The saffron is an expensive ingredient in a dish where its flavour is masked by that of the lemon. It can be replaced for colour by turmeric, otherwise you may use the cheaper quality of pistils. Crush them with salt with a spoon in a teacup so that they yield more.

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