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Mediterranean Chicken
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Brief Description
This tasty chicken dish is nicely paired with zucchini, onions and olives and garnished with sliced lemon.
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Main Ingredient
chicken
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Category: Poultry
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Cuisine: American
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Prep Time: 195 min(s)
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Cook Time: 30 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Notes:
Use jarred spanish olives for pitted green olives. Depending on how many serving, buy multiple pounds of chicken and then double or triple the paste/rub ingredients. I think next time I'll try it with some feta cheese sprinkled over top, too.
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Posted By: cookingmama
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Posted On: Oct 01, 2012
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Ingredients:
- 4 - chicken breasts or thigh pieces
- 1 teaspoons - ground cumin
- 1 teaspoons - ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoons - cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoons - ground pepper
- 1/2 teaspoons - allspice
- 1/4 teaspoons - salt
- 1/8 teaspoons - cayenne
- 1 - lemon
- 4 tablespoons - olive oil
- 1 - small onion
- 3/4 pounds - squash, yellow or green
- 1/3 cups - pitted green olives or black olives
- 2 tablespoons - water
- 2 teaspoons - chopped parsley
Directions:
Pound chicken between wax paper, if needed.
In a small bowl combine cumin, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, allspice, salt, and cayenne. Finely grate some zest from the lemon and add zest to the bowl as well. Stir in 3 teaspoons of olive oil and mix well, making a paste.
Coat both sides of chicken with paste, and place chicken in a ziploc bag in the fridge to marinate for a few hours.
Cook chicken pieces in skillet over medium-high heat in olive oil, about 3-4 minutes on each side; then transfer to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
In same pan, cook onion and squash until tender, adding 2 tablespoons of water to help steam. Stir in olives.
Plate veggies with chicken on top garnished with chopped parsley and fresh lemon slices to look pretty.
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