Chicken Nicoise - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 roasting chicken, cut into serving pieces
    salt and pepper
    1/4 cup olive oil
    1 yellow onion, diced
    2 garlic cloves, minced
    3 yellow squash, quartered and sliced
    1/4 cup dry white wine
    3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
    3 teaspoons tarragon, chopped
    5 plum tomatoes, seeded and quartered
    1/4 cup black olives, pitted
    1 1/4 cups chicken stock
Preparation
    Season chicken with salt and pepper. Warm oil, In a 5 1/2 quart dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add Chicken; brown on all sides, about 7 minutes total. Transfer chicken to plate.
    Reduce heat to medium. Add onion; cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes more. Add squash, wine, 2 tbs parsley and 2 tsp tarragon. Cook, stirring occasionally, until squash is soft but not browned, about 4 minutes.
    Return chicken to pan; add tomatoes, olives and stock. Bring to a gentle simmer; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 25-30 minutes. Stir in 1 tbs parsley and teaspoons tarragon. Serve immediately.

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