Chicken Mediterranean

Serves 4; Prep & cook time – about 1-1 ½ hours

  • 2 lbs – boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4 breast halves)
  • 2 TBSP – Olive Oil
  • 1 tspn – salt, to taste
  • 1 tspn – pepper, to taste
  • 2 tspn – oregano
  • 1 lb – Angel Hair pasta
  • 2 TBSP – Olive Oil
  • 1 – Large Onion, chopped
  • 6 cloves – Garlic, fine chopped
  • 2 tspn – Oregano
  • 1 tspn – Marjorum
  • 7 oz – sun-dried tomatoes
  • 15 – Calabrian chili peppers, sliced
  • 12 oz (1 jar, water packed) – Artichoke Hearts, drained, quartered
  • 2 TBSP (heaping) – flour
  • 1 cup – white wine
  • 2 cups – chicken broth
  • 2 TBSP – Capers, chopped
  • 1 cup – Kalamata Olives, pitted
  • Parmesan cheese, grated

Pound the chicken breasts to 1/2” thick for even cooking.  Salt and pepper over both sides of chicken.  Sprinkle oregano evenly over one side of chicken.  Heat 2 TBSP olive oil in a 4 quart (dutch oven) pan at medium heat and sear the chicken (oregano side down first) for 4 minutes each side to brown and mostly cooked.  Set aside.

In a separate pot, prepare the Angel Hair pasta in salted boiling water per package directions.

In the same dutch oven used for the chicken at medium-high heat, add the 2 TBSP olive oil, onions, garlic and stir for 3 minutes.  Add the oregano, marjoram, sun-dried tomatoes, and calabrian chilis and stir for 2-3 minutes.  Add the artichoke hearts, stir to combine and then add the flour.  Stir for 3 minutes to make a paste and partially brown the flour.  Add the white wine, then chicken broth and bring to a boil while stirring.  Add the capers, olives and chicken, cover the pot, and set heat to a low simmer stirring occasionally – about 4-6 minutes.

Serve over pasta with a garnish of grated parmesan cheese.

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