Chicken Tagine...

with Preserved Lemon & Olives

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Ingredients - serves 6

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1 chicken 1.5 kg / 3.3 lb, cut into pieces

2 preserved lemons

100 g / 1.5 cup green olives

3 onions, chopped

1 teaspoon ginger (fresh or dried)

1 teaspoon saffron

1 bunch flat parsley

1 teaspoon coriander / cilantro, chopped

Juice of 2 lemons

5 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon butter

Salt, pepper

In a hot tagine dish, fry the pieces of chicken in the olive oil and butter,

adding the onions, bunch of parsley, ginger, saffron, salt and pepper.

Add three glasses of water and the sliced preserved lemons.

Cover and cook for 30 minutes.

Add a little water during cooking

if necessary and stir occasionally.

Add the coriander / cilantro and lemon juice,

and cook for another 15 minutes.

At the end of cooking, add the olives, and serve directly...

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BON APPETIT !