Mediterranean Style Chicken With Olives Recipe
Chicken with olives is a quick and easy recipe that is so divine! A really tasty and colourful dish to serve anytime!
Ingredients
- 6 ripe plum tomatoes skinned and chopped or 1½ cups of tomato mother sauce
- 4 chicken breasts or legs with or without the skins, as you prefer
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 garlic clove chopped (optional if using tomato sauce)
- 24 pitted black or green olives or a combination of both as you like them.
- A handful of basil leaves
- Salt and pepper
- See notes for adding potatoes.
Instructions
- Place the chicken pieces on a plate, then season on all sides with salt and pepper
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan, add the chicken pieces, and fry for 7-10 minutes on each side until golden brown and cooked. Remove and keep warm.
- Fry the garlic for a few minutes until golden.
- Stir in the olives and cook for one minute, then stir in the fresh tomatoes or sauce. Cook 10 minutes more, stirring often.
- Shred the basil leaves and stir them into the mixture.
- Pour the mixture over the chicken pieces and serve immediately.
Notes
If you would like to serve potatoes with this dish, par-boil potatoes until done but still firm, drain, and add them to the frying pan after the chicken pieces are done and before adding the garlic. Remove and add to the chicken pieces. Continue with the instructions at step 3.
The nutritional calculations will change slightly depending on whether you use fresh tomatoes or tomato sauce. Also, if potatoes are served, this will also change the nutritional numbers.
Nutrition
Calories: 387kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 25gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 142mgSodium: 678mgPotassium: 535mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 1029IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 1mg
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