Chicken Tagine with Rice and Chickpeas

Chicken Tagine with Rice and Chickpeas bring you the best faburitos recipe, thanks for the HRM nice recipe 

Serves: 4 
Preparation Time: 20 mins, plus overnight soaking
Cooking Time: about 24 hours

Ingredients
dried chickpeas or garbanzo beans 125 g
( 1/2 cup), soaked overnight, rinsed and drained
crushed saffron threads pinch
lemon juice 4 tablespoons
extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons
chicken legs 4
onions 2 large, chopped
red peppers 2 large, thickly sliced lengthways
garlic cloves 3, crushed
red chile I, deseeded and finely chopped
ground cumin I4 teaspoons
ground coriander I  teaspoons
cilantro stalks from I bunch, chopped
thin-skinned lemon I ripe, thinly sliced
white long-grain rice 175 g ( 3/4 cup)
chicken stock 450 ml ( 1 1/2 cups)
mixed green and black olives 125 g ( 1/2 cup),
pitted
Salt and Pepper

Method
Put the chickpeas into a saucepan, cover generously with water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, half covered, until tender, adding more water as necessary.

This will take up to 2 hours. Drain. Meanwhile, soak the saffron in the lemon juice. Heat the oil in a heavy flameproof casserole dish and quickly brown the chicken. Drain on paper towels. 

Brown the onions and peppers over a high heat, stirring frequently.

Reduce the heat and stir in the garlic, chile, cumin, coriander, cilantro, lemon, rice, chickpeas. saffron liquid and stock Return the chicken, heat to simmering point, then cook very gentIy covered, for 30 minutes.

Add the olives, cover and cook for 30 minutes more. Season and serve.

Chicken Tagine with Rice and Chickpeas
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