Chicken Tagine With Onion & Olive Confit

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Ingredients

• Chicken Tagine:
• 4 chicken legs
• 1 onion
• 1 lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 pinch of saffron
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1.05oz or 30g coriander
• 1 cup or 240ml boiling water
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 
  Onion Confit:
• 4 onions
• 6.5oz or 185g green olives
• 2 small preserved lemons
• 1.05oz or 30g coriander
• 1.05oz or 30g parsley
• 8 mint leaves
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 tbsps of sauce from the chicken

Directions

1. For the chicken, warm the olive oil in a pan on medium heat. Add the chopped onion, crushed garlic, chicken, lemon juice, ginger, and salt. Mix the saffron in the boiling water, and add it on top of the chicken.

2. Add the bunch of coriander tied with a string. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, simmer- part covering the pan and cook for 45 minutes on medium heat.

3. For the onion confit, add the olive oil to a pan on medium heat. Add the finely chopped onions, finely chopped olives, crushed garlic, salt, and pepper.  Mix well.

4. Add the finely chopped parsley, coriander, and mint, as well as the preserved lemons, stirring well.

5. Reduce the heat to low/medium and add about 4 tbsps of sauce from the chicken to add moisture to the onions. Continue cooking while stirring regularly on low/medium for about 20 minutes.

6. Before serving, remove the bunch of coriander from the chicken and discard it.

7. Place the chicken on your serving plate with the sauce. Place the onion and olive confit on top of the chicken and garnish with chopped coriander. Enjoy!

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