Chicken With Olives And Lemon Tagine

Chicken,Olives,Lemon, This is a incredible mixture of tastes and it really does taste as good as it sounds.As with all these recipes they can be cooked in a casserole or Dutch oven but believe me when I say it tastes so much better in a Tagine.

4 Servings.
1/3 c olive oil
1 lg onion,thinly sliced
1 clove garlic,minced
1 T parsley,chopped fine
1 T fresh coriander leaves
-cilantro chopped,or more
1 t salt
1/2 t black pepper,coarsely
-ground
1/8 t saffron,powdered
2 1/2 lb chicken,broiler/fryer cut
-into se
1/2 lemon,cut into 4 wedges
1/3 c green olives
Heat oil in a large tagine or cooking pot. Stir in next 7
ingredients. Add chicken pieces and turn to coat with onion mixture.
Arrange lemon wedges over top. Cover and simmer turning
occasionally, 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until very tender. Remove chicken to
warm serving platter or serving tagine, arrange cooked lemon wedges on top and keep
warm. Cook liquid, stirring, in tagine over high heat until reduced to
a thick sauce. Add olives and heat through. Pour over chicken.Sit back and enjoy.