Thursday, January 21, 2010

Olive Chicken (aka i love chicken)

Materials:
  • 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • salt (to taste)
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • 6 cloves garlic (2 chopped finely)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/4 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/4 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 can whole plum tomatoes, peeled & chopped
  • 1 can artichoke hearts
  • 20-30 olives, chopped
  • 1-1/4 c. dry white wine
  • 1-1/4 c. chicken broth (garlic chicken is great)
Methods:
  1. Heat oil in large pan on medium-high heat
  2. Lightly salt chicken and brown in pan, about 5 minutes per side.
  3. Add garlic, bay leaf, thyme, italian seasoning, and pepper.
  4. Add wine, broth, artichoke hearts and olives.
  5. Bring to boil and then reduce heat to simmer.
  6. Simmer ~30 minutes.
  7. Add tomatoes.
  8. Simmer another ~10 minutes.
  9. Serve over rice (use the extra broth to make it!).
  10. Nummyness.

1 comment:

Luke said...

Tasty recipe! I used chili-infused olives from WFM which are awesome in their own right and worked great here because they're already pitted and thus easy to chop. Bay leaf is optional!