Recipe courtesy of Laura Calder
Chicken Tagine with Olives and Citron Confit
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Calories
- 315
- Total Fat
- 18.5 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 3 grams
- Cholesterol
- 104 milligrams
- Sodium
- 880 milligrams
- Carbohydrates
- 10 grams
- Dietary Fiber
- 4 grams
- Protein
- 28 grams
- Sugar
- 3 grams
- Total: 1 hr 15 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Cook: 1 hr
Ingredients
4 chicken legs, split at the thigh and skinned
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 onions, grated or sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
Rinds of 2 confit lemons, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon ginger
2 pinches saffron
1 pinch ground turmeric
1 cup/165 g green olives with pits
Generous handful or two of fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
Directions
- Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Put the chicken in a pot along with the onions, garlic, lemon rinds, olive oil, cumin, coriander, ginger, saffron and turmeric. Add a couple glasses of water and cook, covered, until the chicken is done, 40 minutes to 1 hour, removing the lid if there is too much liquid so that some can evaporate. (The dish should be quite liquid, but it's not a stew.) At the end of cooking, add the olives. Serve sprinkled with fresh coriander.
- Per serving: Calories:315; Total Fat: 18.5 grams; Saturated Fat: 3 grams; Protein: 28 grams; Total carbohydrates: 10 grams; Sugar: 3 grams; Fiber: 4 grams; Cholesterol: 104 milligrams; Sodium: 880 milligrams