How to Cook Tasty Harissa Chicken with Caramelized Leeks and Fennel

Harissa Chicken with Caramelized Leeks and Fennel. Add the harissa paste to the pan of hot chicken fat and stir to make a schmaltz. Put the harissa schmaltz into a small bowl. Return the pan to medium heat, add some olive oil and the leeks, fennel, and garlic.

Harissa Chicken with Caramelized Leeks and Fennel The benefits of healthy eating are now being given more attention than ever before and there are good reasons for doing this. Pour off harissa schmaltz into a small bowl; set aside. Add leeks, garlic, and three-quarters of sliced fennel and cook, covered but stirring. You can have Harissa Chicken with Caramelized Leeks and Fennel using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Harissa Chicken with Caramelized Leeks and Fennel

  1. Prepare 4 of bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs.
  2. It's 12 oz of new potatoes (about 12).
  3. Prepare 2 Tbsp of harissa.
  4. It's 2-3 of leeks.
  5. Prepare 1 of bulb fennel.
  6. It's 4 cloves of garlic, minced.
  7. It's 1 tsp of sugar.
  8. Prepare 1 of lemon, juiced (3 tbsp).
  9. You need of Olive oil.
  10. You need of Salt.
  11. Prepare of Black pepper.

Then toss the potatoes lightly and scatter the leeks over the baking sheet. Crispy chicken skin, spicy harissa, lemon, leeks, fennel and some humble and comforting potatoes. That's all it takes to make an easy, weeknight meal that will satisfy. I love it when a recipe that has been on the "must make" list turns out so well.

Harissa Chicken with Caramelized Leeks and Fennel step by step

  1. Heat oven to 425°F.
  2. Begin by salting the chicken and laying it skin side down in a cold skillet. Arrange the potatoes into the void spaces. Place over medium heat (3.8/6) for 18-25 minutes until the chicken skin browns and releases itself from the pan. This is the most patient part. If the chicken doesn't come off with relative ease using a spatula, leave it cook..
  3. While the chicken is cooking, prepare the leeks. Remove any shriveled outter leaves and slice the leeks lengthwise and wash them under water to remove any sand in the leaves..
  4. Cut the dark green tips off the leeks leaving the light green and white parts. Slice the leeks and add to a bowl.
  5. Pick the fronds off the fennel and save them. We'll use them as a garnish later..
  6. Cut the stalks off the fennel and discard..
  7. Thinly slice the first 1/3 of the bulb and add to the leeks. Add the garlic to the leeks as well..
  8. Slice the remaining leeks as thin as possible. If you have a mandolin, now is the time to use it. 1/16 inch slices. Place in another bowl. We'll dress this later as a raw salad on top of the chicken..
  9. When the chicken releases from the pan, turn the heat off, remove the chicken and potatoes to a plate, leaving the rendered fat in the pan..
  10. Add the harissa paste to the pan of hot chicken fat and stir to make a schmaltz..
  11. Put the harissa schmaltz into a small bowl. Add 2 Tbsp of lemon juice and stir..
  12. Return the pan to medium heat, add some olive oil and the leeks, fennel, and garlic. Season with salt and sprinkle the sugar on top. Carmelize the leeks over ~20 min, adding a bit of water if they begin to stick and burn..
  13. When the leeks have cooked down and caramelized, add the chicken and potatoes to the skillet, skin side up. Roast ~10 min until the chicken thighs are cooked (165°F). Remove from oven..
  14. Toss the fennel with a little salt, some pepper, 1 Tbsp lemon juice, and a drizzle of olive oil..
  15. Add the fennel salad to the skillet. Drizzle the schmaltz over the chicken and garnish with the fronds and serve at the table in the skillet..

In a large bowl, combine olive oil, harissa, garlic, paprika, cumin, salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the spice mix and mix well to incorporate. Heat a large saucepan on medium without any oil, then transfer the chicken from the bowl to the saucepan. Fennel has a mild licorice flavor that mellows and sweetens during cooking, and is well matched with delicate, onionlike leeks. Feathery fennel fronds are a fragrant and fitting garnish for any dish, like this one, with fennel as an ingredient.

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