CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS TAGINE MY STYLE (PRESERVED LEMON AND OLIVES)

Tagine is a popular Moroccan dish. It is perfume, well seasoned but typically not hot. Here is my version:

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 tbsp. Olive oil
  • 1 white onion, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 preserved lemons, quartered
  • 6 oz. Green olives (provencale if you can get them; just not canned; they need to have spice)
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp ras-al-hanout
  • 8 drumsticks
  • 1 cup beef boullion
  • 1 cup chicken bullion (I use cubes; Knorr is my preferred maker)
  • Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Heat oil in a thick-bottom Dutch oven.
  2. Sauté onion until golden. Add garlic and cook for one minute. Add remaining ingredients and braise, covered, for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 375F. Bake, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes until the drumsticks are browned and the liquid thickens.
  4. We eat this with thick slabs of delicious bread, but couscous works perfectly.