moroccan chicken tagine

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Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Chef John's Moroccan chicken tagine may be the best lemon chicken recipe of all time. Though it is not strictly a tagine, because it is not cooked in a tagine, it has all the elements—preserved lemon, green olives, saffron—you will find in the traditional recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth or water
  • 1 preserved lemon
  • 3 garlic cloves, peeled, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon aleppo chili flakes
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 6 chicken thighs, with skin
  • 1 large yellow onion, diced
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 cup pitted green olives, halved

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