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MIDDLE EASTERN LEMON CHICKEN

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Serves: 4-6

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Ingredients

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  • chicken pieces
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon Maldon salt
  • 3 tablespoons plain flour
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 fennel
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 preserved lemons
  • fresh rosemary
  • 150 grams bulgar wheat
  • 250 ml vodka
  • 0.47 litres chicken soup

Method

  1. Mix spices in a pestle & mortar with the salt and add to the flour. Rub over the chicken - keep any flour that falls off.
  2. Brown chicken pieces.
  3. Fry fennel, onion, lemons, rosemary for 5 mins. Add any flour fallen off chicken, bulgar wheat and vodka to the chicken pan and stir.
  4. When vodka has reduced a bit add the stock and put in oven (180c) with a wet greaseproof paper lid for 45 ish mins.

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