Chicken Tagine with Olives and Preserved Lemon

Chicken Tagine with Olives and Preserved Lemon : The great Moroccan classic: fall-off-the-bone chicken simmered with ginger, saffron, green olives and preserved lemon. The sauce is made right in the bowl.

• 4 servings
• Preparation 15 min
• Cooking 45 min
• Total 60 min
• Level easy
• Devices TM7 · TM6 · TM5

Ingredients : chicken tagine with olives

• 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 2 onions
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 30 g olive oil
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 pinch of saffron
• 1 tsp salt
• 300 ml water
• 150 g pitted green olives
• 1 preserved lemon
• 1 sprig of cilantro

Preparation : chicken tagine with olives

1. Put the onions and garlic in the bowl, then chop. 5 secspeed 5
2. Add the olive oil and spices, then stir-fry. 4 min100°Cspeed 1
3. Add the chicken pieces, salt and water.
4. Cook covered, in reverse. 30 min100°Cspeed 1reverse
5. Add the rinsed olives and the preserved lemon cut into strips, then continue. 10 min100°Cspeed 1reverse
6. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and serve with bread or couscous.

Storage: 3 days in the refrigerator.

You can make this dish stress free with simple ingredients. Allow about 60 minutes in total. All settings (time, temperature, speed and rotation direction) work on the Thermomix TM5, TM6 and TM7. Follow the steps in order and the result will turn out well. You can also download the recipe as a PDF or copy it to Cookidoo and cook it right away.