Moroccan Chicken

Now is the perfect time, to bring out your slow cooker.  This gently spiced chicken is fall off the bone delicious. Just to change it up a little I mixed up some Moroccan spices and tossed in some citrus, olives and capsicums.

Ingredients

2 x chicken Marylands (thigh and drumstick) free range or organic

Spice Mix

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon cayene pepper

1 teaspoon ginger

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon tumeric

1 onion diced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 small jar roasted capsicum

10 green olives

3 x lemonades cut into quarters or limes or 1/4 preserved lemon

Olive Oil

Salt and Pepper

Chicken stock

Heat Instapot or slow cooker if you can (otherwise brown chicken on the stove in a frypan)

Add Oil and when hot diced onion

Saute until soft

Put salt and pepper on the chicken skin

Add skin side down the 2 Marylands

brown for 10 minutes, add crushed garlic

Add all spices and toss

Add, lemon or citrus equivalent, olives and capsicum

Add a little chicken stock approx. 1/2 cup or water if you don't have stock

Set to slow cook for minimum of 4 hours on high

Serve with side salad.

Mamma Marmalade