Entrees › Sweet & Savory Chicken

Sweet & Savory Chicken

In an aromatic one-pot dish, Jen brings together the protein of chicken, the tang of olives, and the sweetness of prunes. For a great finish, serve Sugar Cookie & Fruit Pizza for dessert. Jen's a mom and knows what appeals to the whole family.

Watch this video! Get Adobe Flash Player

Tags:

  • chicken
  • dinner
  • olives
  • chicken and rice
  • chicken recipe
  • chicken entree
  • entree
  • cooking chicken
  • chicken breast
  • capers
  • vieira
  • making chicken
  • couscous
  • jennifer vieira
  • about jennifer vieira
  • jennifervieira
  • sweet & savory chicken
  • family chicken recipe
  • chicken dinner
  • pimento-stuffed olives
  • skillet meal
  • skillet chicken meal
  • skillet chicken dinner
  • skillet chicken. pimiento
  • prunes
  • one-pot meal
  • one pot meal
  • chicken & rice
About Jennifer Vieira

Watch this video! Get Adobe Flash Player

Tags:

  • about
  • vieira
  • jennifer vieira
  • about jennifer vieira
  • taco dip
  • mexican pepper dip
  • broccoli salad
  • fruit pizza
  • jennifer vieira recipes
  • jennifer vieira's recipes
  • home cook
  • home cooking
  • jennifer
  • sweet and savory chicken
  • sugar cookie and fruit pizza
  • vieira family

Sweet & Savory Chicken

In an aromatic one-pot dish, Jen brings together the protein of chicken, the tang of olives, and the sweetness of prunes. For a great finish, serve Sugar Cookie & Fruit Pizza for dessert. Jen's a mom and knows what appeals to the whole family.

About Jennifer Vieira

As a wife and mother of three children, Jennifer makes simple, healthy recipes the whole family can enjoy. She uses her meal-planning skills to save time and money and experiments with creating new recipes as well as updating those she gets from others.

Recipe

Print recipe

Ingredients

  • 1½ lbs boneless chicken breast, cut into pieces
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup white onions, chopped
  • ¼ cup pimento-stuffed olives, halved
  • ¼ cup prunes, chopped
  • 2 tbsp capers, drained
  • ¾ cup chicken broth
  • 1 box of instant couscous, cooked per package directions (optional)

How-to

  1. Take chicken and place between two pieces of plastic wrap and flatten out with a mallet. Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper
  2. In a large skillet heat olive oil over medium heat. Cook chicken about 5 minutes on each side, browning just a little. Transfer to plate, cover with foil to keep warm
  3. To the chicken drippings and oil left in the pan, add onion and cook until softened, stirring occasionally. Add olives, prunes and capers with ¾ cups of chicken broth
  4. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 minutes. Add chicken back to pan and simmer for 5 minutes
  5. Serve with couscous or brown rice

Share this video

Send to a Friend

Want to share this how2heroes video with a friend? Enter your email address and their email address below and hit share. They’ll receive an email from you with the details.

Get code

If you’d like to publish this how2heroes video on your own Web page or blog, copy the code below and paste it into the HTML on your site. Please note that some blogs may require additional steps to publish HTML.

Large (640 pixels wide):

Small (400 pixels wide):

Bookmark & share

Comments (0)

Log in to comment & post a picture

No comments have been posted yet.