Moroccan Chicken

Florida Grillin Girl

I tried a new recipe for chicken from Ina Garten and it turned out pretty good. You are supposed to use a tajine, but I used the dutch oven instead. It was my first time making/using perserved lemons.

Marinade:

6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. fresh ginger
1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 tbsp. olive oil
lemon pulp from preserved lemons

Marinate chicken thighs for 24 hours - here it is after the marinade:



In DO, sautee some onions:



Add in the chicken with remaining marinade, 1 1/2 cups water, saffron, stems from parsley and cilantro:

I used saffron that a friend brought back from Africa:



On the egg we go:



Slowly simmer with some apple wood for smoke. This is after 1 hour:



Another 1/2 later - sunset shot:



Remove chicken and shred. Allow sauce to reduce. Add chicken back in DO.



Here is the secret ingredient - preserved lemons:



2-3 lemons
2 Tsbp kosher salt

Cut lemons in sixths lengthwise. Place in glass baking dish and sprinkle with salt. Cover with water and cook for 3 hours. Cool and refrigerate.

Finish the dish -add in chopped preserved lemon rinds and green greek olives, chopped parsley and chopped cilantro.

Plated with couscous and garnished with cilantro:



It was unusual and it tasted even better the next day.

cookn biker

Wow Faith, that looks delicous!!
Thanks for the recipe!

Gator Bait

 
Looks great Faith, every time I see it I drool even more but please put the wine down and step away from the computer. The doulble vision should clear in an hour or two. :laugh:


LOL, just kidding Faith,

Blair


 

Beli

Now that should be interesting Faith, preserved lemons... looks very original & delicious, do you place the DO directly on the platesetter?

eenie meenie

Hahaha Faith, I see you're using your Dutch oven as well! The Moroccan chicken looks delicious!

I'm glad you posted this because I just realized I've been robbed. :ohmy: I went to my cookbooks to see if this was in the brand new Ina Garten coookbook or one of the older ones. Low and behold, every single Ina Garten book was missing. :( I guess it's time I head on over to my sister's or my niece's place to track them down.

Florida Grillin Girl

Beli, yes I put the DO right on the platesetter.

Florida Grillin Girl

Rebecca, don't drive yourself nuts looking for the recipe....It was a guest on Ina's show that provided the recipe. I hope you find the missing cookbooks.

Florida Grillin Girl

Ha Ha, Blair. No wine in me today (yet). I have no idea what caused the quadruple post, I swear I only hit submit once..... it did take alot longer to post than normal..... guess there is a ghost here pushing the back button!

WWSis

Looks yummy Faith - I think we have the same tablecloth.

Gator Bait

 
I have seen the forum do much stranger things Faith. When I mess up it is usually because I posted in the wrong place and I have no one to blame but myself.


Blair


 

Capt Frank

Looks great as always Faith! :ohmy:
I don't use my DO enough

AnnaG

Everything looks great Faith!!! Beautifully plated, of course... I had never heard of preserved lemons until last week on FB. Lorrie Allen posted a recipe. Sounded very interesting, but wasn't sure what you would do with it. Now I know the rest of the story...

BobS

I have to give that a try. A friend gave me a preserved lemon and I was not sure how to use it.

Mr Holloway

Wow! Looks really good.
Another recipe for the to do list.
Thanks for the post