Chicken Tagine | Chef Dr. Mike

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces (quartered)
• 1 large preserved lemon (sold in specialty food shops or on-line if you have not made your own)
• 3 medium onions, sliced thin
• 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 1 tablespoon ras el hanout
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon turmeric
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon saffron threads, pulverized
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 8 kalamata olives, pitted, and halved
• 8 green olives, pitted, and halved
• 1 cup chicken stock
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• Parsley, fresh flat-leaf, chopped for garnish