Off Zeytum - Morrocan Jewish Dish of Chicken with Olives - C

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Off Zeytum - Morrocan Jewish Dish of Chicken with Olives - C Ingredients

3 lb Chicken pieces	1/3 c Chopped parsely
1/2 ts Cinnamon	1 1/2 c Water; (I use 50-50. water,
1/4 ts Ginger	1 c Green olives; soaked in
1/2 ts Tumeric	Fresh curry leaves; if not
1 1/2 ts Salt; Kosher of course	1/2 c Chopped Serranos; Or do what
1/2 ts Ground black pepper	1 tb Cornflour or cornstarch
1/3 c Oil; olive first preference,	GARNISH
1 md Onion; Red will do nicely as	Chopped parsely
1 Head of Garlic; peeled	Shredded Serranos
6 sl Pickled lemons*

Instructions for Off Zeytum - Morrocan Jewish Dish of Chicken with Olives - C

* {Limonim Hamoutzim} these are basically salted drained lemons with lots of paprika covered in Oil and left for 3-4 weeks. If this is not considered safe by your local board of health.... Substitute the 3-4 week old lemons for Indian Pickled Limes Washed drained then add 1 TBS Paprika rest for 1 hour. Dry the chicken pieces with paper towels .. Combine the spices ,salt and pepper and rub into chicken pieces. set to one side for 10 minutes... Heat oil in a heavy pan and brown chicken on each side , put aside on plate when brown .. Saute chopped onion and all of the head of garlic skinned and chopped in oil - Olive-{mustard}-{corn}-{Safflower} or others . when transparent stir in parsely/chiles/curry leaves and 50/50 water stock bring to boil, return chicken and cover then simmer gently for 40 minutes or till tender ........... Add lemon and Olives ,cover and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Remove chicken and place on serving dish, remove olives and lemon place over chicken, remove curry leaves -throw away. thicken rest of liquid in pan with cornflour/Cornstarch in the approved manner {make paste with water and bring to boil while stirring 2 minutes} pour over chicken and garnish with chopped Parsely and shredded serranos.. Serve with Cous-Cous or if you have to "long grain rice" Should serve 6 and take about a hour and a half to cook....... Posted to CHILE-HEADS DIGEST by lukasz on Aug 19, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

Main Ingredient: ChickenCuisine: Uncategorized