Spicy Chicken With Olives

⏱ 35 mins 🍽 4 serving(s) 🏷 One Dish Meal

This one dish meal features chicken pieces browned and then simmered with a robust combination of olives, capers, tomatoes, and garlic in white wine. The dish is finished with fresh parsley for a vibrant, Mediterranean-inspired flavour. It's a complete meal that comes together in just 35 minutes, offering a delicious balance of savoury and briny notes.

Spicy Chicken With Olives

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken thighs, with skin and bones
  • 2 chicken breasts, with skin and bones halved crosswise
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 tablespoons chili oil, recipe follows
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olive, pitted and coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup green olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup tomatoes, halved
  • 4 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons drained capers
  • 2/3 cup dry white wine or 2/3 cup vegetable stock

Method

  1. Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. In a large, heavy frying pan, heat the chili oil and brown the chicken until golden, which should take about 5 minutes.
  2. Take the pan off the heat. Mix in the minced garlic, both types of chopped olives, 3 tablespoons of the parsley, and the capers. Pour in the white wine or vegetable stock.
  3. Return the pan to the heat and bring the liquid to a boil. Once boiling, lower the heat, cover the pan, and let it simmer. Cook the chicken until it is done, turning the pieces now and then, for about 10 minutes.
  4. Move the cooked chicken to a serving platter. Pour the sauce from the pan over the chicken. Scatter the rest of the chopped parsley on top before serving.
  5. For the chili oil, pour 2 cups of olive oil into a small, heavy saucepan and add 4 teaspoons of red pepper flakes.
  6. Heat the mixture over a low temperature until it reaches 180 degrees F, which takes roughly 5 minutes.
  7. Take the saucepan off the heat and allow the oil to cool completely to room temperature. this will take about 2 hours. Pour the oil and flakes into a 4 ounce bottle, seal it, and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium604300 mg

Recipe details

CategoryOne Dish Meal
Authormail lady 2