Easy Greek Chicken
Recipe |
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Preparation and Cooking Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4
Non-Standard Cooking Utensils:
Largish frying pan
Casserole dish for oven
Ingredients:
4 skinned chicken breasts
400 g / 14˝ oz. can chopped tomatoes
˝ medium onion
80 g / 3 oz Greek (if possible) olives
1 garlic clove
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 sprigs of fresh parsley
salt and pepper
Preparation:
Cut the chicken breasts into quarters
Peel and finely chop the onions
Peel, chop and crush the garlic clove
Finely chop the parsley
Halve and pit the olives
Cooking:
1 |
Heat the olive oil at medium in a largish frying pan. Add
the chicken pieces and sauté them for 12 minutes until they have
turned light golden brown. |
2 |
Add the onion and
garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes. |
3 |
Add the tomatoes,
cayenne pepper, cinnamon, olives, salt and pepper and cook for 30
minutes, turning the chicken occasionally as it cooks. |
4 |
Remove the
chicken pieces from the pan and keep warm in the oven (turn it on
to low heat). Put 4 serving plates in the oven as well. |
5 |
Bring the tomato
mixture in the frying pan to the boil, add lemon juice and parsley
to the frying pan and simmer until slightly thickened. |
6 |
Remove the plates
and chicken from the oven, pour the sauce over the chicken. |
Serve with a salad and fetta cheese or boiled potatoes and green
vegetable.
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