As I try to start cooking some different things from scratch and do a bit of meal planning too I’m going to share with you all my successes along the way to encourage you to cook – or at least enjoy good food too 🙂 This recipe was my 1st in the recent manifestation of cooking more new recipes/ actually using many many recipe books – and it was a success; the whole family ate and enjoyed it and I had enough for leftovers too :), and surprisingly you make the whole thing in the microwave! Hope you enjoy it too.
Moroccan Lemon Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 kg Pack of boneless, skinless, chicken thigh fillets
- 1 Onion chopped
- 3 Garlic Cloves finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Olive/ Rapeseed Oil
- 1/2 Lemon finely chopped
- 1 jar Green Olives
- 250 ml Stock chicken or veg/ homemade or powder
- 1 large handfill Fresh Corriander chopped
Pilau Rice Seasoning (if you are using ready mixed you need 1 tbsp)
- 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- 6 cardamom pods
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 8 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/2 tsp black mustard seeds or full grain mustard
Instructions
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If making the seasoning from scratch, put all the ingredients for it into a pestle and morta and then crush and blend well with a swig of the oil you're using
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Toss the chicken with the onion and the seasoning, garlic and remainder of the oil in a microwave dish with a lid (propped slightly ajar) and cook on high in your microwave for 8 mins (stirring half way)
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Add in the lemon and olives and mix well, then add in the stock, before returning to the microwave for a further 20 mins on high, until the liquid is bubbling and the chicken is fully cooked
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Stir in freshly chopped coriander, serve (I did with rice, but it would work with potatoes or naan bread too) and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
You can buy ready-made pilau rice seasoning, but if you like me can’t get it, I have listed the full ingredients for this seasoning using this recipe from the Hairy Bikers
