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Olive Chicken I

Rated as 4 out of 5 Stars
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"A tasty, lemony, Moroccan dish that goes well with rice. Note: Be careful with the salt as the olives are already salty."
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Ingredients

servings 665
Original recipe yields 5 servings (4 - 6 servings)

Directions

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  1. Heat oil in a large saute pan. Add onions, and sprinkle with ginger and paprika. Saute until onions are golden.
  2. Place chicken on top of onions. Add about 1 to 2 cups of water, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and olives. Cook about 1 hour, or until the chicken is tender.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 665 calories; 51.4 7.9 44.3 170 2341 Full nutrition

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Delicious! The first time I prepared this recipe I followed the directions exactly and found the chicken to be a little tougher that I like. The next time, I browned the chicken in the oil aft...

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This was a nice recipe but lacked a little "something." I added saffron and threw in some dry wild mushrooms that I reconstituted the in boiling water with the saffron. Needs an herbal touch, pe...

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Delicious! The first time I prepared this recipe I followed the directions exactly and found the chicken to be a little tougher that I like. The next time, I browned the chicken in the oil aft...

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This is an excellent recipe. After reading the other reviews re the seasoning, I doubled the paprika, ginger and added a teaspoon Thyme. I had whole (not pitted) green olives and shaved about 20...

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Very good flavor. This has become a standard in my repertoire of chicken dishes. Easy to make too.

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This was a nice recipe but lacked a little "something." I added saffron and threw in some dry wild mushrooms that I reconstituted the in boiling water with the saffron. Needs an herbal touch, pe...

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I had to scale this back for 2 and I added a few strands of saffron...this was amazingly delicious!

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It is an excellent recipe, but that is a LOT of olives. I used a 10 oz bottle of green Spanish olives for a 5 lb chicken and it was still too much. Since my chicken was double the size, I doubl...

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The olives were a bit strong in this dish- even for my husband who loves them.

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I was eager to try a new chicken recipe but admit I was pretty wary of this one. In the end, it was great! I used most of the ingredients as part of a marinade and then threw it all into a pan t...

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SO good! Chicken just fell apart!! soo soft & full of flavor. I loved this recepie.-- Best part -- EASY!!

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