Moroccan Lemon Chicken Wsummer Squash Gr Olives Sbd P1 Recipes

MOROCCAN LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil a medium straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Dry the chicken breasts well and sprinkle evenly with the salt. Place the breasts skin-side down in the hot pan and cook undisturbed until deep golden brown, about 6 minutes. Using tongs, flip the chicken to the bone side and continue to cook for another 5 minutes. Remove to a plate while you build the sauce.
• In the same pan, add the shallots and sweat, stirring occasionally, for a minute. Add the preserved lemon, olives and sun-dried tomatoes and stir to combine. Deglaze with the white wine, scraping up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 3 minutes to reduce slightly. Add the chicken broth and return to a simmer. Add the oregano and the chicken back to the sauce. Spoon some of the liquid over the chicken. Cover the pan and simmer gently until an instant-read thermometer registers 160 degrees F, about 25 minutes. Allow the chicken to rest in the sauce for 10 minutes. Stir in the parsley.
• Serve the chicken with a generous helping of the sauce and sprinkled with chive blossoms if using.

MOROCCAN CHICKEN WITH SAFFRON AND PRESERVED LEMON

Steps:

• Whisk 1/4 cup olive oil, garlic, turmeric, cumin seeds, salt, and pepper together in a bowl and pour into a resealable plastic bag or container. Add chicken, coat with the paste and seal bag or container. Marinate in the refrigerator, 4 hours to overnight.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade. Add chicken thighs skin-side down to stockpot and cook until browned, about 4 minutes. Flip chicken thighs and cook until browned on second side, about 3 minutes more.
• Lower heat to medium and add water to cover chicken halfway, cover stockpot, and cook for 20 minutes. Uncover stockpot, sprinkle saffron threads onto chicken, and top with preserved lemon slices. Replace cover and cook until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and juices run clear, about 5 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Uncover stockpot and transfer chicken to a serving platter.
• Continue simmering liquid in stockpot until thickened to sauce consistency, 5 to 7 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken; top with olives, artichokes, and parsley.

MOROCCAN CHICKEN WITH SQUASH AND DRIED PLUMS

Steps:

• In a medium glass bowl, combine the spice mixture, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, the lemon zest, lemon juice, and harissa. Add the chicken thighs and stir to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours. Warm the chicken broth and add the saffron strands, then allow to steep at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove the chicken thighs from the marinade. In a Dutch oven over high heat, brown the chicken thighs on both sides in 2 tablespoons olive oil, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Set chicken aside on a plate. Reduce the heat to medium, add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan, and saute the onion until golden, about 5 minutes. Place the chicken thighs on top of the onions and add any accumulated juices from the plate. Arrange the zucchini and yellow squash and tomato quarters on top of the chicken and tuck in the prunes and olives. Season well with salt and pepper. Pour over the chicken broth and saffron. Cover and place on the bottom rack of the oven. Let cook undisturbed 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until the vegetables are tender and the chicken is falling off the bone. Remove from the oven and transfer the contents of the Dutch oven to a large serving dish.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a small saucepan over high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the almonds and fry until the skins begin to crackle, about 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the almonds and hot oil over the vegetables and chicken on the serving dish. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley and serve, spooning over the sauce in the dish and garnishing each plate with the lemon quarters.
• Combine the spices in a coffee grinder and grind to a medium-fine powder. Add the kosher salt and pepper. Store in an air-tight container, if not using immediately.

MOROCCAN LEMON CHICKEN W/SUMMER SQUASH & GR. OLIVES (SBD P1)

Steps:

• Pound chicken breast between two sheets of wax paper to 1/4 inches thick.
• In small bowl, combine the cumin, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, allspice, salt, and cayenne. Finely grate zest of lemon into spice mixture, Squeeze 1 T juice from lemon and add to mixture. Add 3 t of the oil to spice mixture and stir to combine.
• Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, in batches if necessary. Cook, turning, until blackened on the outside and cooked through, 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. Loosely cover with foil to keep warm.
• Add remaining 1 t oil to the skillet and return to medium heat. Add reserve onion slices and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon and scraping up any brown bits, 3 minutes.
• Add squash, oilved, and water. Season lightly with additional salt and pepper to taste. Stir well.
• Cover, and cook until squash is tender, 4-5 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Squeeze a little more lemon juice over chicken and vegetables. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

MOROCCAN LEMON CHICKEN W/SUMMER SQUASH & GR. OLIVES (SBD P1)

Steps:

• Pound chicken breast between two sheets of wax paper to 1/4 inches thick.
• In small bowl, combine the cumin, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, allspice, salt, and cayenne. Finely grate zest of lemon into spice mixture, Squeeze 1 T juice from lemon and add to mixture. Add 3 t of the oil to spice mixture and stir to combine.
• Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, in batches if necessary. Cook, turning, until blackened on the outside and cooked through, 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. Loosely cover with foil to keep warm.
• Add remaining 1 t oil to the skillet and return to medium heat. Add reserve onion slices and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon and scraping up any brown bits, 3 minutes.
• Add squash, oilved, and water. Season lightly with additional salt and pepper to taste. Stir well.
• Cover, and cook until squash is tender, 4-5 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Squeeze a little more lemon juice over chicken and vegetables. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.