Chicken with Olives and Preserved Lemon

All the ingredients included in this recipe support sex hormones balance, cortisol balance, thyroid function (except shive and spring onions) and perimenopause/menopause symptoms. If you suffer from hypothyroidism, do not use onions. 

Ingredients

• 2 organic chicken legs 

• 1 preserved lemon

• 1 handful of green or red olives  

• 3 large table spoons of olive oil or 1 large table spoon of ghee

• 1 handful of fresh coriander , chopped 

• 3 garlic cloves , chopped 

• 1 onion , chopped 

• 2 pinch of saffron 

• 1 pinch of sea salt 

• 1 pinch of black pepper

• 1/2 tea spoon of curcuma ( powder ) 

Method

1. Wash the chicken legs with warm water and coarse sea salt .

   
   

2. Marinade 

   
   

3. Mix olive oil/ghee , coriander , garlic , onion , saffron , sea salt , black pepper , curcuma in a big bowl 

   
   

4. Add the chicken legs in the big bowl and massage it with the marinade for 3 minutes ; 

   
   

5.  Let stand for 3 hours . 

   
   

6. After 3 hours , transfer the big bowl’s content (chicken legs and marinade ) into a covered saucepan and cook on low heat during 30 minutes  . 

   
   

7. Then add preserved lemon and olives and cook for another 15 minutes .

   
   

8. Enjoy