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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal476
  • fat35g
  • saturates8g
  • carbs11g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre2g
  • protein31g
  • salt1.74g
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Method

  • step 1

    Place a large frying pan over medium heat with 1 tbsp of oil. Lightly season the chicken and cook, skin side down, for about 5 mins on one side, until golden. Turn over, then tip the onion into the pan. Cook for another 5 mins until the onion is soft and chicken golden all over.

  • step 2

    Meanwhile, halve the lemon, then cut 1 half into quarters. Finely chop 1 quarter (leaving the skin on) and tip into a pestle and mortar or small blender. Pound together with remaining oil, garlic, ginger and chermoula to make a paste. Dollop into the frying pan and cook 1 min more until you can smell the spices. Pour over the chicken or vegetable stock and honey, then bring to the boil.

  • step 3

    Turn down the heat, cover and leave to cook 20-30 mins until chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened and become glossy (you may need to uncover the pan for the fi nal 5 mins of cooking). Stir through the olives and squeeze over the juice of half the lemon. Sprinkle with coriander and serve with couscous or bread.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.11 ratings

chocolatemonster

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Very nice meal, super fast and easy to make. will add chopped tomatoes to it next time

livvykins21

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Made slightly differently as I cooked for 6 and didn't have a pan big enough so I fried the chicken and then put the sauce ingredients in the pan afterwards. Then put it all in an oblong ovenware dish and cooked for an hour in the oven 200C. Sauce needed thickening though. Also needed a kick that…

theironlily

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Excellent recipe! I didn't have chermoula so I made a batch using this recipe (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1120651/chermoula-paste), I used chicken thighs, and dumped in some butternut squash I had lying around and it turned out excellent! So tender, fragrant, delicious! I think next time I…

cakeanyone

Just made this for 2nd time and it was even better! I made up the chermoula spice recipe (6452) and marinated the chicken (breast, no skin) for a couple of hours. Included the ginger from this recipe in the marinade but not the lemon as there's lots in the chermoula. After softening onions,…

cakeanyone

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Loved this - made with chicken breast (without the skin), home made chermoula & brown rice. Gorgeous!

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