Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce

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INGREDIENTS

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

1 lb. chicken cut to a few pieces (dark meat)

1 -11/2 lb. celery sticks

1 Tomato, chopped

1/4 tsp. turmeric

1/2 tsp. black pepper

1/2 preserved lemon (see my recipe for an easy preserved lemon in the preserves category)

Or fresh sliced lemon.

1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil

4 cups water

1/2 tsp salt (Wait to taste before adding the salt, the preserved lemon is very salty, you might not need the salt)

TO MAKE

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Cut both ends of each celery stick, make a small slit in the middle and crack to cut the two pieces, pull out of the strings, as much as you can.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Check out to how many strings I was able to pull out from the celery.

Soak the celery sticks in water and 1 Tbsp. of lemon to wash it.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Slice the preserve lemon to thin slices (or the fresh lemon)

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Place the celery in a wide pan.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Mix in a bowl the lemon slices, turmeric, oil, tomato & pepper.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Deep every piece of chicken in the oil mixture & place on teh celery.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Add the water, and bring to a boil.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

Cover the pan, reduce the heat to simmer, cook for 45-60 minutes.

Chicken with Celery in Lemon Sauce — Sephardic Flavors | Jewish Mediterranean Food moroccan dinner, this easy dinner from the moroccan jewish cuisine is delicious and easy

To thicken the sauce and, remove the cover & simmer another 10-15 minutes untill desire consistency.

Enjoy this delicious refreshing main dish & share with family & friends.

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