Braised Chicken Thighs with Olives and Capers

So many people tell me that they don’t want to cook because clean up is a pain in the butt.

But, if you cook everything in one pot… cleaning up gets a heck of a LOT easier.

This delicious one pot chicken dish simplifies your kitchen clean up.

And, the best part… it’s totally yummy!

Enjoy!


Braised Chicken Thighs with Olives and Capers
 
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Recipe type: One Pot Meal
Cuisine: Food is Medicine
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 5-6 pastured chicken thighs, with skin on
  • ¼ cup pitted black olives
  • ¼ cup pitted green olives
  • 2 tbsp. capers
  • 1 large onion, peeled and sliced into thin crescents
  • 1 green or red pepper, seeded and sliced thin
  • 15-ounce diced tomatoes
  • 1 tsp. basil
  • ½ tsp. oregano
  • ½ tsp. hot red pepper flakes
  • ⅔ cup chicken stock or water
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • Black pepper
Instructions
  1. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
  2. Place the chicken, skin side down into a cold Dutch oven, or other deep pot.
  3. Bring the heat up to medium/low.
  4. Cooking on lower heat for a longer time, renders the fat from the chicken skin.
  5. Once the fat is rendered (about 30 minutes), use tongs to turn the chicken onto the other side.
  6. Add into the pot, olives, capers, onion, pepper, diced tomatoes, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes, stock, salt, and freshly ground black pepper.
  7. Cover and bring to a boil on high heat.
  8. Reduce heat to low and cook an additional 30 minutes.
  9. Adjust seasoning if needed.
  10. Serve on rice or pasta and top with a dollop of Parsley Pistou