Mediterranean Chicken Casserole in Oven

It's a simple dish, but has got loads of flavour and straight forward to cook. There is something in the casserole for everyone. Mediterranean flavour add wonders, the apricot, the olives, Ras-el-hanout, Greek yogurt, its packed with oomph.

Chicken Casserole in Oven

Ingredients

Chicken - 1 medium or 8 leg pcs

Lemon - 1

Olive Oil 

Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon

Onion - 2 medium

Greek Yoghurt - 1 cup

Olive -5-7 pitted

Garlic Cloves - 5

Potatoes (small) -4

Cherry Tomato - 5

Dried Apricot - 5

Almonds - 7-8

Cinnamon stick - 1

Ras-el-Hanout - 3 teaspoon

Paprika - 1 teaspoon
Salt (to taste)

Chicken Casserole in Oven

Recipe

1. Marinate chicken in lemon juice for 5-7 hours
2. Microwave dried apricot in half a cup of water
3. Fry chicken in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, with whole spices and ginger garlic paste
4. Rub olive oil on sides of the oven dish
5. Add chicken to the oven dish
6. Fry onion in oil, add to chicken
7. Add greek yoghurt,  garlic cloves, potatoes, cherry tomato, apricot, almond, cinnamon stick, ras el hanout, paprika and salt
8. Cover with silver foil and bake for an hour
9. Remove from oven, check if cooked else oven for another 15 minutes
10. Remove the silver foil and grill for 5-7 minutes to get the crispy look

Chicken in Ras el hanout

On my trip to Morocco, I bought Ras el hanout spice mix, I've heard quite a lot about it but buying from Marrakech had its own charm. I did taste quite a few dishes made in Ras-el-Hanout at the hotel we stayed in.

Then a few weeks later after we were back from holidays our chef in office kitchen made 'poached white fish in Ras el hanout' and that's how I thought of my own Ras el hanout experiment.

Chicken in Ras el hanout

Ingredients
Chicken -  1 medium (cut in 16 pcs)
Onion - 2 medium (finely chopped)
Ginger garlic paste - 2 teaspoon
Whole Spices (Black Pepper, Green and Black Cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon, and Star anise)
Greek Yogurt - 1 bowl
Ras el hanout mix - 3 teaspoon
Paprika - 1 teaspoon
Dried apricot - 5-7
Cherry Tomato - 5-6
Olives - 5-7
Olive Oil - 3 tablespoon
Salt (to taste)


Recipe

1. Microwave apricot in a bowl dipped into water for 2 minutes
2. Heat oil in a pan
3. Add whole spices and fry for a minute
4. Add chicken and ginger garlic paste, fry for 3-5 minutes, turning side by side
5. Take the chicken out of oil, and leave it in a large bowl
6. Add Ras-el-Hanout and paprika to chicken
7. Add greek yogurt to chicken, and let it marinate till onion is ready
8. Add some more oil to pan if necessary, and heat it
9. Add onion to pan, fry for few minutes
10. Add Cherry tomatoes and olives, fry for few minutes
11. Add apricot with its water
12. Add chicken marinate, add water, cover the pan
13. Cook chicken on low flame till it is well done