Olive garlic & lemon chicken Recipe

5 from 1 vote

A provencal style chicken thighs recipe prepared with delicious kalamata olives, garlic and lemon. Those mediterranean flavors are a superb match.

Course Main Course

Cuisine French

Keyword chicken, garlic, lemon, olive

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings people

Calories 785kcal

Cost 12

Preheat your oven to 350 F.
Melt the first ¼ cup of fat in a large and hot pan and brown the chicken pieces on all sides. It will take about 6 minutes in total. Set the chicken aside.
8 chicken thighs with bones and skin
Cook the onions until soft, about 3 minutes, and make sure to scrape all the delicious chicken bits off the pan while doing so.
3 cups onions
Add the garlic and cook for about a minute, until fragrant. You can season with salt and pepper at this point.
3 gloves garlic, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Add the chicken stock, thyme, and lemon juice, and return the chicken thighs to the pan, skin side up.
½ cup lemon juice, 1 ½ cups chicken stock, A bunch of picked thyme leaves, 8 chicken thighs with bones and skin
Bring to a simmer and put the pan, covered, in the hot oven for about 20 minutes.
Remove the lid, add the halved olives as well as the lemon slices and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes uncovered.
½ lb Kalamata olives
Serve the chicken with olive, garlic, and lemon sauce, as well as with some lemon slices.
¼ cup butter, 3 gloves garlic, 2 extra lemons, ½ cup lemon juice