SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Chicken 2, Chapter 5 (Chicken Around the Mediterranean)

Bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks, waxy potatoes, lemons, fresh oregano or dried oregano, garlic, onions, peppers, mushrooms, tinned chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, chicken stock (unsalted), sweet smoked paprika, sweet paprika, ground cumin, ground coriander, ground ginger, cinnamon, turmeric, saffron or extra turmeric, dried apricots, green olives, soured cream, flaked almonds, fresh parsley and coriander, olive oil, couscous or rice, crusty bread and flaked sea salt.

A Greek lemon chicken with potatoes (4 portions)
[ ] 8 bone-in chicken thighs or drumsticks
[ ] 800 g waxy potatoes, cut into wedges
[ ] 4 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 3 lemons, juice
[ ] 4 garlic cloves, crushed
[ ] 2 tsp dried oregano
[ ] 300 ml chicken stock, unsalted

A chicken cacciatore (no wine) (4 portions)
[ ] 3 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 8 bone-in chicken thighs
[ ] 1 onion, sliced
[ ] 1 red pepper, sliced
[ ] 200 g mushrooms, quartered
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, sliced
[ ] 1 tbsp tomato purée
[ ] 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
[ ] 200 ml chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
[ ] 1 tsp dried oregano
[ ] 1 handful fresh parsley

A Hungarian-style chicken paprikash (4 portions)
[ ] 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
[ ] 8 bone-in chicken thighs
[ ] 2 onions, finely chopped
[ ] 2 tbsp sweet paprika
[ ] 1 red pepper, sliced
[ ] 1 tomato, chopped
[ ] 350 ml chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 150 ml soured cream
[ ] 1 tbsp plain flour

A Moroccan chicken tagine with apricots (4 portions)
[ ] 3 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 8 bone-in chicken thighs
[ ] 2 onions, sliced
[ ] 3 garlic cloves, grated
[ ] 1 tsp ground cumin
[ ] 1 tsp ground ginger
[ ] 1 tsp ground cinnamon
[ ] ½ tsp turmeric
[ ] 400 ml chicken stock, unsalted
[ ] 100 g dried apricots, halved
[ ] 50 g green olives
[ ] 30 g flaked almonds, toasted
[ ] 2 tbsp chopped coriander

For the experiments
[ ] A heavy, lidded casserole dish
[ ] Couscous or rice
[ ] Crusty bread