Chicken Tajine with Sweet Potato

Goes best with Couscous, but rice and flatbreat fits, too.

Attention! Doing the recipe will take around 2 hours!

Preparation You'll need: A Tajine or cooking brick A medium sized pot with lid A large bowl with lid to marinade the chicken legs A small pan
Ingredients (for 2 persons) 2 chicken legs For the marinade: 180 mL sunflower oil 3-4 garlic cloves 4 Tbsp. coriander leaves 1 Tbsp. sweet paprika 2 Tbsp. turmeric Saffron For the Tajine: 150 g carrots (around 2 medium ones) 500 to 550 g tomatoes (large, they have more juice) 1 small onion 200-250 g sweet potato 1 moroccan salt lemon ca. 1/2 tsp. salt 250 mL chicken broth 1 cinnamon stick Ground pepper 18 black olives Plenty of coriander ChezTeddy Tip: Two things should not be missing with these Tajine dishes: To have the food more spicy, one should always place a tube of Harissa on the table. I would, if available, take 'Le Phare du Cap Bon' Harissa. That one tastes really the best. Also you should always place plucked coriander leaves on the table, so that everyone can serve himself. If you don't have harissa available, try this: Approx. 1 Tbsp tomato puree 4-5 cloves of garlic (chopped) Approx. 2 or 3 Thai Chilis (chopped) 1/2 tsp paprika powder Some salt and pepper
First steps In a medium sized pot bring enough water to boil to cover the tomatoes. When water boils, add the tomatoes, remove them with a ladle after 15 to 25 seconds (depending on ripeness and kind of tomato). Quickly rinse with cold water. Put aside. Then cook the chicken legs in enough water for 15 minutes. Then pour the water away, and let the legs sit aside in cold water for a few minutes. Finally, remove the skin.
Preparation of the marinade Chop 4 cloves of garlic, rinse and pluck some coriander stems (to get 4 Tbsp leaves). Give 180 mL oil, garlic, coriander, 1 Tbsp sweet paprika powder, 2 tsp. turmeric and saffron into a bowl. Mix well, add the chicken legs and rub generously with the marinade. Put bowl for half an hour into the fridge.
Preparation of the Tajine First peel the tomatoes. Now thinly slice carrots, tomatoes and onion. Only the peel is needed of the salt lemon. First quarter it then remove the pulp with a knife. Cut the peel into small pieces. Rougly dice the sweet potato. You'll have to do several layers in the Tajine now: The first layer is the carrots and the sweet potato. Then add the tomatoes, lemon peel and onion rings as the second layer. Season with salt and pepper. Take the legs out of the marinade, lightly wipe the marinade off them (back into the bowl) and place them on the veggie layers. Lastly put the olives on top and pour the marinade and the chicken broth over everything. Add half a cinnamon stick and bake covered in the ofen at 150℃ for 45 minutes. Then go to 200℃, continue for another 20 minutes.
Last steps Rinse and pluck coriander, put leaves in a small bowl on table. Roast 2 Tbsp. sesame seeds in pan on medium to high heat until dark brown. Also place in a small dish on table. Everyone can have them to one's liking.