Mystery Ingredient Club ~ Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Green Olives


Foodie Friday and our 1st
Mystery Ingredient Club Event~
hosted by Michael @ Rattlebridge Farm!

Click here to learn more.
I apologize that I am a little late to the party, due to scary
wildfires in our area ~ they have interrupted
everyday routines, to say the least.


Michael very generously sent each of the participants
3 ingredients to use in any recipe we chose. We could
pick one, two or three of the ingredients.
(Thank you so much for your generosity Michael!)

I decided to use all three mystery ingredients, 
but in separate recipes ~ so
I will be posting the other two in the next few days.


I chose the Preserved Lemons to use in my
first dish: 




I had been wanting to try this recipe from Tyler Florence (which has
received great reviews) for quite some time, so this was my chance.




It is a dish inspired by flavors from the middle East, and
it didn't disappoint.

Note: You do not need a tagine to make this dish. I didn't make it in
the tagine, I simply transferred it for serving at the table.



One of us (not me!) is not really fond of traditional brined
green olives ~ so I used these instead:




I found them in the refrigerated case at Costco,
I've also bought them from the olive bar at the grocery store. As the
label says, they are very mild, with a pleasing buttery texture.





The recipe doesn't require that you bundle the chicken
with twine, but I like to do it sometimes for a
neater presentation.





The chicken is absolutely melt-in-your-mouth
tender, and very flavorful.





To serve with it, I also made Tyler Florence's recipe
for Apricot and Orange CousCous.  
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His calls for scallions, instead
I snipped some chives from the garden.

We loved it!  I served toasted Marcona almonds
on the side as a garnish.




I loved this combination of ingredients (I didn't picture
the onion, cumin, cloves, saffron, or red pepper here.) I added generous
slices of fresh ginger, which I removed before serving.



Would I, should I prepare it again?

Those of us at the table responded with an overwhelming ~

YES!




You can usually tell how much I like a particular dish by
the number of images of it that I share. 

(It's a dead give-away with this one!)    :o)




Check in tomorrow for my next entry for
the Mystery Ingredient Club, using mystery ingredient #2.
It's another winner.

~*~*~*~*~


Please come see all of the recipes at:


(Click image.)

Thank you for stopping by today!

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