Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Mix the oil, cumin, turmeric, salt and black pepper and rub the mixture into the chicken.
💡Dry the chicken before seasoning so the mixture clings to the skin; a longer marinade gives deeper color and flavor.
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Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).
⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
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Heat the pan, the large one over high heat and brown the chicken about 3 minutes on each side.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
4
Transfer the chicken to the pan.
Baking pan
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Arrange the olives, lemon slices, garlic cloves and onion around the chicken.
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Pour the chicken stock into the bottom of the pan.
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Bake uncovered 40 minutes, until the skin is browned and blistered in spots and the juices run clear.
⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
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Serve hot with pita bread.
636calories
41 gprotein
10 gcarbs
48 gfat
● protein 26%● carbs 6%● fat 68%
Per serving (356 g), of 4 servings
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Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Lemon: measured in pieces: one ≈ 58 g · 29 kcal per 100 g · More about Lemon →
Chicken broth: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 12 kcal per 100 g · More about Chicken broth →
🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels
Oven· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Baking pan· Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
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