Recipe: Perfect Preserved Lemon Chicken Moroccan influenced

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Preserved Lemon Chicken Moroccan influenced. Great recipe for Preserved Lemon Chicken Moroccan influenced. This recipe is a heavily Moroccan influenced dish. I added the juices of the preserved lemon instead of water.

It adds a wonderful zing to the dish.

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Chicken cooked until succulently moist and saturated with the flavours of olives, Preserved lemons, onions and the warming scent of the spices along with fresh herbs.

You can have Preserved Lemon Chicken Moroccan influenced using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Preserved Lemon Chicken Moroccan influenced

  1. It’s of Spices/ Chermoula —————.

  2. It’s 1 teaspoon of ground Hungarian paprika.

  3. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger.

  4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley flakes.

  5. Prepare 1 teaspoon of chopped cilantro.

  6. You need 1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin.

  7. It’s 1/4 teaspoon of ground turmeric.

  8. You need 10 of threads of crushed saffron.

  9. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt.

  10. It’s 1 of medium onion diced.

  11. It’s To taste of cayenne pepper.

  12. It’s 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper.

  13. You need of Chicken—————-.

  14. You need 1/4 cup of extra Virgin olive oil.

  15. You need 1 of preserved lemon see my recipe or you can buy them.

  16. Prepare 1-1/2 pound of chicken breast boneless and skinless.

  17. It’s 1 of large English Cucumber sliced.

  18. Prepare 1/4 cup of preserved lemon juice.

  19. It’s 1/2 cup of honey.

  20. You need 1 cup of green olives sliced.

Served with steamed rice and flat breads it's a winning dish.

Moroccan food was as good as I expected it to be and during my stay in Morocco I tried to taste as many Moroccan dishes as I could.

One of the biggest discoveries was this Moroccan chicken with preserved lemon and green olives.

As much as I like to eat chicken, sometimes it is hard to make a chicken dish that is different.

Preserved Lemon Chicken Moroccan influenced step by step

  1. Mix the spices and herbs with the onions in a bowl set aside..

  2. Heat the oil and sauté the chicken on both sides for about 3-4 minutes per side..

  3. Move the chicken to the Chermoula mix in the bowl, and coat the chicken..

  4. Deglaze the pan with the lemon juice..

  5. Slice the preserved lemon into thin strips remove any seeds.

  6. Add the olives, and lemon to the pan, along with the Cucumber and honey..

  7. Add the chicken back into the pan, along with all the Chermoula mixture..

  8. Simmer for 15-20 minutes turning the chicken on occasion..

  9. Serve I hope you enjoy!.

Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade.

Roasted Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Olives is a classic Moroccan dish that can be prepared a number of ways.

The version here with onion sauce is often served for company dinners and for special occasions, when it might be one of two or more entrees in a multi-course meal.

Quarter the lemons, remove pulp and cut skin in strips.

Scatter parsley on top, and serve.