Moroccan Saffron Chicken Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

This dish of chicken cooked with lots of onions, saffron, and other moroccan spices is easy to make and is the savory foundation to a number of delicious moroccan specialties such as chicken bastilla and chicken briouats. Saffron threads, a featured seasoning in moroccan cooking, are the stigmas from a small purple crocus. Saffron is the world's most expensive spice by weight since each flower has only three stigmas, which have to be carefully hand-picked and dried, resulting in the saffron threads we find in jars on store shelves. Since this is a laborious process, and it takes over 14, 000 of tiny stigmas to create an ounce of saffron, the spice comes with a hefty price tag. Fortunately, a little goes a long way. You'll be tempted to eat this tender, flavorful chicken right from the pot, but it is best served on a bed of moroccan rice pilaf or in seffa medfouna.

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1hr 15minstotal
15minsPrep
1hr Cook
1hr 15m.total
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Ingredients for Moroccan Saffron Chicken Recipe

  • 1/4 Whole Chicken
  • 1/2 Large sweet white onions
  • 1/4 tablespoon Ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon White Pepper
  • 0.13 teaspoon Black pepper
  • 1/2 stick Pieces of cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon Saffron Threads
  • 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric
  • 0.38-1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 0.06 cup Butter
  • 0.06 cup Olive oil
Nutrition
value
338
calories per serving
17 g Fat5 g Protein56 g Carbs33 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    17g
  • Protein
    5g
  • Carbs
    56g
  • Fiber
    33g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    56g
  • Protein
    5g
  • Fiber
    33g

Fats

  • Fat
    17g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    609mg
  • Iron
    7mg
  • Vitamin A
    377mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    1mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    36mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    17mg
  • Vitamin E
    4mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    66mg
  • Manganese
    11mg
  • Phosphorus
    90mg
  • Selenium
    4mcg
  • Zinc
    1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats