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BT's Desperate Times Ersatz Mediterranean Chicken
Ingredients:
Marinade:
1 and 1/2 cups (400 ml) goats milk yogurt
2 large cloves crushed garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon fruity olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
3 grinds black pepper
1 fresh lemon
8 moroccan olives
6 dried apricots
3 medium potatoes
6 tablespoons safflower oil (any vegetable oil or ghee will do)
10 oz. (290 grams) cooked whole chickpeas
1/2 cup (125 ml) white wine (optional)
4 cups (950 ml) water or chicken stock
1 large or 2 small bay leaves
pinch of sugar
fresh coriander and mint
labne
Chicken:
6 large chicken thighs - deboned
2 tablespoons flour
1 large yellow onion
5 cardamom pods
1/4 teaspoon whole coriander seeds
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon preserved lemon flakes
2 whole cloves of garlic
1/4 teaspoon harissa
Directions:
Wash chicken thighs thoroughly. Mix all the ingredients for marinade and add chicken Refrigerate for 4-6 hours
In a heavy gauge pot add whole coriander and preserved lemon flakes
Turn heat on medium
Dry toast
When coriander begins to color, remove from heat
Add half the vegetable oil to pot.
Peel onion. Slice on the bias into thin wedges
Return pot to heat. When oil or ghee begins to bubble add cumin, cinnamon and harissa
Stir for until coated
Add onions and cook until they are translucent
Add thyme
Cut lemons into eighths
Add to pot
Add wine and a pinch of sugar
Add olives, apricots and chickpeas and 2 cloves of garlic
Turn down heat to low
In a separate fry pan add remaining 2 tablespoons of oil
Dredge the marinated chicken in flour and brown
When chicken is brown add the chicken to the pot with the onions
Deglaze the frying pan with the stock of water
Pour pan juices into pot with chicken
Add bay leaves
Put in oven at 400 F. (200 C.) for 20 minutes
While chicken is baking, peel potatoes
Cut into wedges
Add remaining oil to fry pan
Brown potato wedges on all sides
When 20 minutes are up remove pot from oven
Add potatoes
Return to oven for another 20 to 30 minutes or until the meat is tender
Remove from pot
Remove bay leaves.
Garnish with fresh coriander and mint
Serve with spinach smothered in oil and garlic and labne
Enjoy! בתיאבון
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