Tajine with Chicken, Olives and Lemon

Ingredients

• 1 chicken
• 200 g chicken liver
• 2 onions
• 50 g black olives
• 400 ml Poultry broth
• 0.5 bunch Parsley
• 0.5 bunch coriander
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 0.5 tsp cumin
• 0.5 tsp ginger powder
• 1 pinch saffron
• 100 g pickled lemons (specialty store, glass or can)
• Lemon juice
• Salt
• pepper (ground)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash the chicken, break it into pieces, cut meat from bones and cube to bite size.

2. 2.

   Halve the lemons, scoop out the flesh with a spoon, dice it and slice the rind into strips. Mix the lemon flesh with onions, garlic and chopped herbs into the chicken meat, cover and refrigerate overnight. Then add spices to a tajine, pour in cold broth, cover, bring to boil and simmer for about 30 minutes.

3. 3.

   Wash the chicken liver and cook in boiling salted water for 1-2 minutes. Cool and cube.

4. 4.

   Peel and finely dice onions and garlic. Add them with olives to the tajine, stir, and cook another 10-15 minutes until done. Finally sprinkle lemon zest over the dish, season with lemon juice, salt and pepper, and serve.