Recipe: Perfect Harissa chicken with olives and tomatoes

Harissa chicken with olives and tomatoes. Harissa Chicken Thighs with Olives and Tomatoes is an easy baked chicken recipe that is filled with flavor and spice! Cooking time will depend on the size of the chicken breasts. Remove the foil and add the cherry tomatoes and olives to the tray.

Scatter over basil leaves to serve. You can make your own harissa sauce at home by smoking hot chile peppers and blending them with garlic, tomatoes, olive oil and various spices, including cumin, coriander and caraway. However, it's so easy to find harissa in mass grocery stores these days that I opted for the quick route in creating my harissa chicken. You can have Harissa chicken with olives and tomatoes using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Harissa chicken with olives and tomatoes

1. Prepare 8 of chicken thighs.
2. Prepare 3 of heaped tsp rose harissa.
3. It's 2 tsp of oregano.
4. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
5. It's of Salt.
6. It's of Pepper.
7. Prepare 300 g of cherry tomatoes.
8. Prepare Half of a jar of pitted kalamata olives.

Score deep lines all over the chicken legs, then rub in the harissa. Season well and place in a roasting tin. Scatter the garlic over and around the chicken. Squeeze the lemon wedges over, then place them in the tin with the cherry tomatoes, potatoes and olives.

Harissa chicken with olives and tomatoes instructions

1. Lay chicken flat in a roasting dish. Top with the harissa, oregano, oil and seasoning..
2. Mix together with your hands, ensuring all parts of the chicken are coated..
3. Cover tray with foil and place in a preheated oven at 180C for 15 mins.
4. Then add the tomatoes and olives. Mix to coat with the sauce and return uncovered to the oven for a further 10 mins..
5. Then serve with couscous and steamed greens. (I had it with a lemon and chickpea couscous and broccoli.).

Place the chicken and baby potatoes in a large roasting tray along with the tomatoes and thyme, drizzle all over with olive oil and harissa paste and toss it all together so everything is evenly coated. Season and then serve the tray direct to the table or onto individual plates. When done, remove the foil, cut garlic bulb in half and add it along with olives and tomatoes to the chicken. Harissa chicken with truss tomatoes, green olives and fresh chermoula (medium or large and includes sides) Tender chicken thighs in a delicious harissa sauce with green olives, chick peas and vine tomatoes! A beautiful meal, served with couscous and pitas to soak it up.