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Harissa Rubbed Chicken Recipe

	Mrgresch / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago Sick of the same old boring chicken try this Prep:45m Cook:90m Servings:4	Mrgresch
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Ingredients

Harissa recipe

6 dried red chilis ( I use D'arbol)

1 tsp corriander seeds

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 garlic clove

1/2 tsp salt

3 TBS olive oil

1 whole chicken 3 LB

2 tsp honey

juice of 1 lemon

Stuffing recipe

2 tbs butter

1/2 cup of chopped onion

1 1/2 dried fruit soaked overnight

1/4 cup of blanched almonds

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp cumin

Directions

Rehydrate the fruit in 4 cups of warm water overnight.

Depending on the type of fruit you use you might have to strain the water out of the fruit the next day by squeezing it.

Cut chilis and remove seeds and stems. rehydrate in hot water for 3 minutes. Meanwhile with a mortar and pestle ( or a food processor) pound down the corriander, salt and cumin until fine. Add garlic and drained chilis and make a paste adding a little olive oil at a time until it is all blended. Rub this mixture all over the outside of chicken and inside between the skin as much as you can.

Melt 2 tbs butter in a saucepan and add the onion for the stuffing. Saute on a medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the cinnamon and cumin and saute for 2 minutes. Meanwhile drain the fruit and reserve water then chop all the fruit and add that to the pan along with the almonds. Saute 2 minutes and set aside. When somewhat cooled stuff this into the chicken.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and set chicken inside a baking pan and pour 1 1/2 cup of reserved fruit water on bottom of pan and bake for 1 1/2 hrs basting every 15 minutes.

When chicken is done remove to a plate and on the stovetop add the lemon juice, tomato paste and honey and mix with pan juices to make a dipping sauce.

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