• 3 garlic cloves peeled
• 1 large brown onion peeled, halved
• 30 g olive oil
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon powder
• pinch of saffron strands
• 1 tsp preserved lemon juice/liquid
• 300 g liquid chicken stock or 300 g water + 1 tbsp chicken stock concentrate
• 40 g preserved lemon peel thinly sliced (from supermarket where the jar olives etc are)
• 4 medjool dates pitted, roughly chopped
• 700 g chicken thigh cubed small

To Serve

• green olives halved
• handful of flatleaf parsley roughly chopped
• handful of smoked almonds roughly chopped