Chicken with Preserved Lemon and Olives

Another recipe for your preserved lemons

Chicken with Preserved Lemon and Olives

Servings:	Serves 4
Calories per serving:	513
Ready in:	1 hour 45 minutes
Prep. time:	15 minutes
Cook time:	1 hour 30 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	JuliaBalbilla
First published:	6th April 2013

Best recipe review Really nice 5/5 The lemon and the olives really make this dish. The Judge

Ingredients

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• 2 medium red onions, quartered
• 6 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 1 small preserved lemon, halved, pulp removed and discarded, rind thinly sliced
• 250 ml white wine
• 8 chicken pieces, a mixture of thighs and breasts, on the bone if possible
• 3 tablespoons Belazu olive oil
• Maldon sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 100g pitted green olives, drained
• A small bunch of flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

To serve

• 240 g Belazu Barley Couscous, follow the pack cooking instructions

Mise en place

• Preheat the oven to 220° C (425° F - gas 7)

Method

1. Place the onions, garlic, preserved lemon and wine into a large casserole or ovenproof dish
2. Rub the chicken thighs and breasts with the olive oil and sit on top of the vegetables and wine
3. Season with the salt and pepper, cover and cook for 1 hour 10 minutes adding the chopped olives after 1 hour
4. Remove the chicken pieces to a clean oven tray and return to the oven for 10 minutes just to crisp the skin
5. Bubble up the pan juices over a medium to high heat for 3 minutes or so, until reduced a little, mash and sieve to make a delicious gravy. Add a little plain flour to thicken if needed.
6. Serve sprinkled with parsley

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Serving suggestions

Serve the chicken on a bed of Barley couscous, with the sauce spooned over.

This recipe originated from the recipe section of Belazu.com

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Belazu products used in this recipe

• Belazu Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil Unfiltered
• virgin-olive-oils.html Belazu Extra virgin olive oil
• Belazu Preserved Lemon
• Belazu Traditional Barley Couscous

See also

• Get chicken pieces the economical way, joint the chicken yourself

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