Chicken With Preserved Lemons And Olives

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Adopted from the recipezaar account. This is posted in response to a request for recipes using preserved lemon. i found it in the seattle paper's archives, but it is originally from the new book of middle eastern food""

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Steps

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Put the whole chicken in a saucepan with all ingredients except preserved lemons and olives.

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Half-cover with water and simmer , covered , turning the chicken over a few times , and adding water if necessary , for about 1 1 / 2 hours , or until the chicken is so tender that the flesh pulls off the bone and the liquid is reduced to a thick sauce.

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Throw the lemon peel and drained rinsed olives into the sauce for the last 15 minutes of cooking.

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Some like to add the peel at the very end.

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Some like to chop part of it up to flavor the sauce.

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Cut the chicken into serving pieces and serve hot , with the sauce poured over.

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Ingredients

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chicken, peanuts, onion, garlic cloves, saffron threads, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt and pepper, preserved lemon, green olives