Chicken with Olives

Ingredients

• •2 tbsp olive oil
• •1 whole chicken (about 1.1 kg)
• •3 large onions, in half-rings
• •1 tbsp ground ginger
• •4 cloves garlic
• •1 tsp red pepper
• •1 tbsp tomato paste
• •1 cup chicken stock
• •A pinch of saffron (soaked in hot water)
• •5 spring onions
• •15-20 black and green olives
• •Juice of 1/2 lemon
• •Salt, black pepper

Preparation

1. 1

   Heat the olive oil in a large pot or pan and lightly brown the chicken on both sides. Add the onions, ginger, red pepper, tomato paste, salt and pepper and keep browning over medium heat. Add the saffron soaked in 1 tbsp water, the tomato paste and chicken stock to the pot. Cook covered over medium heat about 30 minutes. Add chopped spring onions and cook until the chicken is done and the sauce reduces to about 1/2 cup (15 minutes).

2. 2

   Add the olives and lemon juice and cook 5 more minutes. Lift out the chicken, plate it and pour the olive sauce over to serve.