Pan Seared Chicken Breasts With Olives And Feta Recipe

Pan Seared Chicken Breasts with Olives and Feta

From pleclare 14 years ago

Cooking the breasts skin-side down for entire cook time ensures well renderd and beautifully bronzed skin. From Cooks Country.

4 bone-in,skin-on split chicken breasts (about 3 lbs),halved crosswise shopping list
salt and pepper shopping list
1 Tbs vegetable oil shopping list
1 small red onion,halved and sliced thin shopping list
4 garlic cloves,minced shopping list
1 tsp dried oregano shopping list
3/4c low-sodium chicken broth shopping list
1/2 c pitted kalamata olives,halved shopping list
2 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley shopping list
1/2c crumbled feta cheese(works best with shrink-wrapped or brine-packed feta,rather than pre- crumbled)(2 oz) shopping list

Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper.
Heat oil in large skillet over med-high heat till just smoking. Cook chicken skin-side down till well browned about 5 mins.. Reduce heat to medim,cover,and cook till chicken registers 160,about 15 mins. Transfer chicken to platter and tent with foil.
Pour off all but 1 Tbs fat from skillet. Add onion and cook till softened,about 3 mins. Add garlic and oregano and cook till fragrant,about 30 seconds. Stir in broth,olives, and any accumulated chicken juices and simmer,scraping up any browned bits,until slightly thickened.,about 3 mins. Off heat,stir in parsley. Pour sauce over chicken. Sprinkle wit feta. Serve.

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" It was excellent "
flavors ate it and said...
Another 5 from me. Wow you are on a roll today baby! I love Cooks Country and Test Kitchen.
MJ
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" It was excellent "
sparow64 ate it and said...
You have been hiding this one from me!! lol LOVE it...anything with olives has my name all over it!
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" It was excellent "
trigger ate it and said...
This sounds fantastic.
Five forks and a big smile :)
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This sounds fantastic.
Five forks and a big smile :)

trigger in loved it
You have been hiding this one from me!! lol LOVE it...anything with olives has my name all over it!

sparow64 in Sweetwater loved it
Another 5 from me. Wow you are on a roll today baby! I love Cooks Country and Test Kitchen.
MJ

flavors in Algonquin loved it

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