It’s been too long since I’ve last posted a recipe … sorry about that!
Now, it’s Ramadan and I’m back with a few yummy dishes, ones perfect for the Holy month.
I don’t know about you, but in Ramadan most of the times I crave Arabic food! I don’t go for the mashed potatoes & steak, but for the lamb & potato stew, as an example!
In the coming couple of weeks, I’ll be posting Arabic dishes and today I’ll be starting with a favorite of mine, which my dad used to make a lot; Chicken Tajine.

Tajine is a traditional Moroccan dish, literally a dish … one made of heavy clay.
The ingredients are mixed in it, covered & it is put in an oven or over a fire to cook. Thus, any recipe made in that dish is also called Tajine.

Ok, as for the ingredients of this Chicken Tajine:

2 chickens, cut into 4 or 6 pieces
6 tsps crushed garlic
juice of 1 lemon
20 green, pitted olives, cut into small chunks
salt & pepper
3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
2 onions cut in quarters
2 potatoes cut into quarters
3 carrots cut into big chunks
1 preserved lemon, diced (optional)

Put your diced vegetables in a pot & drizzle with olive oil.
Put veggies in the bottom of the Tajine.
Mix garlic, lemon and olives. Take your chickens & coat them with the mixture.
Put chicken in Tajine, drizzle rest of the garlic-y mixture on top. Add lemon pieces.
Season with salt & pepper.
Cover the Tajine & put into a pre-heated oven for about 1 hour 30 minutes.
Make sure the chicken has become extra tender & soft before serving.
Enjoy!