Chicken stew with olives (spezzatino di pollo con le olive)
This chicken stew with olives is a real surprise. Super tasty and it's prepared in about the same time it takes to cook it on the grill.
Servings: 2
Calories: 640kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g boneless chicken leg 5-6 pieces
- 100 g pitted black olives
- ½ glass Chicken or vegetable broth
- ½ glass Dry white wine
- ½ Lemon
- 1 Cayenne Optional
- 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds Can be replaced with a little rosemary
- 1 clove Garlic
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Olive oil
Instructions
- Cut each thigh bone into 4 bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper
- Squeeze the juice of one lemon in a glass and set aside
- Brown the peeled garlic clove in a good stream of olive oil
- Remove the garlic and add the chicken, olives and cayenne
- Brown the chicken for a couple of minutes over high heat
- When it's golden, vanish with the white wine
- When the alcohol has evaporated (when it no longer smells of alcohol), add the lemon juice, fennel seeds and broth
- Allow the juice to thicken a little, for 8-10 min. Taste and rectify with salt if necessary