Chicken with Olives and Lemons

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      3 hr

Appears in
Traditional Moroccan Cooking: Recipes from Fez

By Zette Guinaudeau-Franc

Published 1995

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Ingredients

  • 1 chicken
  • 1 finely chopped onion
  • 1 clove of garlic

Method

Put the onion, garlic, coriander, parsley, saffron and pepper in the taoua. Lay the trussed chicken on top, half cover it in water, add salt, cover it and bring to the boil, then add the olive oil. During the cooking take care to turn the chicken now and again. When the flesh is soft and comes off the bone easily, take out the chicken and reduce the sauce until the water has completely e