Golden Chicken With Tomatoes and Olives
Kana Okada
Loaded with pimento-stuffed olives, cherry tomatoes, garlic, and fresh parsley, this easy chicken dinner is a real crowd-pleaser. Serve the entrée over long-grain rice, perhaps with a piece of crusty bread to soak up the sauce, too. It’s part warming comfort-food, part exotic coastal flavor, and while plenty of our chicken dishes fall more in the fix-it-and-forget-it vein, this one requires a fair amount of hands-on time: The meal’s ready in half an hour, but that’s including 20 minutes of time spent at the stove, adding a few ingredients at a time, so the chicken breasts and the vegetables are all cooked to perfection.
How to Make It
Step 1
Cook the rice according to the package directions.
Step 2
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season the chicken with ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
Step 3
Add the onion to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 5 to 6 minutes.
Step 4
Add the tomatoes, olives, and garlic and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Step 5
Return the chicken to the skillet and add the wine. Simmer until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has slightly thickened, 4 to 6 minutes.
Step 6
Stir in the parsley. Serve with the rice.
faria15
2013-01-05T10:26:05-05:00
very good recipe!... I didn't had parsley but I added basil, I added capers and 2 tbs of lemon juice and it came out awesome!
ErinMo
2012-12-30T14:07:43-05:00
one more thing! I would try substituting chicken broth for wine
ErinMo
2012-12-30T14:03:53-05:00
Made this tonight. I used "spanish thrown" green olives. I believe its pretty much the same thing... I also used frozen chicken breasts that came in a bag, vs chicken from the meat department like I always use. I found there to be a lot more fat that came off this chicken. So overall I felt like it wasn't too impressive, but I blame the chicken! haha. Oh I also used a bag of some rice/pasta broc cheddar mix instead of regular rice. I think using regular rice would have improved my dish. simple and yummy none the less!
GoldieAnn
2012-06-12T19:53:50-04:00
Followed the recipe, but substituted cous cous for rice and added a little crumbled goat cheese on top and it was fantastic! Will make again. Very easy.
DonnaEE
2012-05-20T11:48:12-04:00
I followed the recipe and it came out great.
grid12
2012-01-06T16:45:17-05:00
Very good. I used canned diced tomatos, added capers and lemon zest.
Mousemom
2009-11-04T12:05:30-05:00
This was so great! Easy and my whole family loved it. I didn't have the parsley and it still tasted fantastic.
