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Ingredients

• 150 g dried apricot (halved )
• ▢ 6 x 220g / 7 oz chicken thighs (bone-in skin-on )
• ¾ tsp salt (cooking/kosher salt)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion (brown/yellow, cut into 0.3 cm/ 1/8" slices)
• 2 garlic cloves (finely minced)
• 1 cinnamon stick (sub 1/2 tsp powder)
• 400 g crushed tomato (1 can)
• 400 g canned chickpeas (drained )
• 1 tbsp preserved lemon skin (finely minced )
• 625 ML chicken stock (low-sodium (or homemade))
• 1 tsp cooking salt
• ¾ tsp ground cumin
• ¾ tsp ground ginger
• ¾ tsp tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp tsp allspice powder
• ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
• ¼ tsp coriander powder
• ⅛ tsp clove powder
• Couscous – plain or with fruit and/or nuts (recipe here)
• 2 tbsp fresh coriander (roughly chopped)
• 1 cup Kalamata olives (instead of apricots (Note 7))
• ⅓ cup slivered almonds (lightly toasted, for garnish)