Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Chermoula chicken

Chermoula chicken.

You can have Chermoula chicken using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chermoula chicken

1. You need 500 gm of chicken thigh,bone in.
2. It's 3 tbsp of olive oil.
3. You need of For the marinade.
4. You need 1/4tsp of paprika powder.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
6. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
7. It's 1 +1/2 tbsp of chermoula sauce.
8. Prepare of Ingredients for chermoula sauce.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of coriander seeds.
11. You need 6 cloves of garlic.
12. It's 1 cup of parsley ,tightly packed.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
14. It's 1/4 tsp of paprika powder.
15. It's 1/2 tsp of red chilli flakes.
16. You need 2 tsp of dried mint leaves.
17. You need 1 large pinch of saffron.
18. You need 1 of green chilli.
19. It's 2-3 tbsp or as required of olive oil.
20. Prepare 1 of lemon zest.
21. Prepare 1/2 of lemon juice.

Chermoula chicken step by step

1. Blend all the ingredients to a smooth paste.Do not add all the olive oil.Drizzle the olive oil while blending..
2. Mix all the ingredients mentioned above for marinade.Marinate the chicken in the marinade for 1 hour..
3. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a cast iron skillet.Add the marinated chicken pieces and on medium -high heat brown the chicken on all sides.Remove and keep aide..
4. Wipe clean the skillet with a kitchen paper napkin.lightly grease the skillet with oil. Place the chicken pieces back into the skillet.Top each chicken piece with 1 tbsp of chermoula sauce. Keep remaining sauce aside..
5. Place the skillet in a preheated oven and bake/ grill the chicken@ 180 degree centigrade for 10 - 12 minutes or til the chicken is cooked through..
6. Remove and serve immediately with remaining chermoula sauce..