Name: Chicken Provençal Recipe
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 tbsp cooking oil; 3 lbs chicken; ¾ tsp salt; ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper; 1 small onion; 4 cloves garlic; ½ cup red wine; 1½ cups crushed tomatoes with their juice; ½ tsp dried rosemary; ½ tsp dried thyme; 1 cup black olives; 1 tsp anchovy paste

How To Make Chicken Provençal

Take on a Frech classic with this recipe for chicken provençal. The bold flavors in this dish come from rosemary, tomato, olives, & a bit of anchovy paste.

Preparation: 7 minutes

Cooking: 38 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1tbspcooking oil
3lbschicken
¾tspsalt
½tspfresh ground black pepper
1small onion
4clovesgarlic
½cupred wine
1½cupscrushed tomatoes with their juice,canned
½tspdried rosemary
½tspdried thyme
1cupblack olives
1tspanchovy paste

Instructions

In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil over moderately high heat.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper and put it in the pan.
Cook the chicken for about 8 minutes until browned.
Remove the chicken from the pan.
Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from the pan.
Reduce the heat to moderately low.
Add the onion and the garlic and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion starts to soften.
Add the wine to the pan and simmer for about 1 to 2 minutes until reduced to about ¼ cup.
Add the tomatoes, rosemary, thyme, olives, anchovy paste, and salt and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the chicken thighs and drumsticks and any accumulated juices.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
Add the breasts and cook for 10 minutes more until the chicken is just done.
Add the remaining pepper.