Recipe Tip: Chicken Thighs with Preserved Lemon

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Divide the chicken legs at the joints and sear them on both sides with a little coconut oil in a sauté pan or oven dish.

2. Step 2

   Halve the preserved lemons, remove the flesh with a spoon and chop into cubes. Add these to the chicken in the pan along with the garlic and thyme.

3. Step 3

   Season with salt and pepper and pour in the white wine.

4. Step 4

   Then bake at 180°C for 45 minutes until the chicken is cooked through (when the juices run clear).

5. Step 5

   Cut the courgettes into quarters, remove the core and cut into cubes. Trim the runner beans and halve them lengthwise.

6. Step 6

   Cut the greens off the fennel and put them aside, halve the fennel bulb and cut it into fine strips.

7. Step 7

   Briefly fry the vegetables with a little peanut oil in a hot pan. Add sugar and olives to the vegetables and let sit to infuse for a few minutes.

8. Step 8

   Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.

9. Step 9

   To serve, arrange the chicken pieces on four plates, pour the thyme-wine sauce over them and place the vegetables alongside, sprinkled with basil and fennel greens.

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