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.   click and scroll down 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.
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Please come see all of the recipes at:

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Thank you for stopping by today!