A mouthwatering recipe for braised Greek chicken stew made with fresh garlic, olives, tomatoes, roasted peppers, capers, and Mediterranean spices.
I love braising foods. Braising meat yields tender, juicy and flavorful dishes and this Greek Chicken Stew is a favorite. A heavy, coated cast iron pot works great for this cooking method and handles the high heat well. I recommend using organic chicken thighs for two reasons: #1. They're cheaper than breasts (organic meat gets expensive!) and #2. The higher fat content adds more flavor and moisture to the meat, ending with fall-off-the-bone heaven!
How To Make Braised Greek Chicken Stew
Ingredients:
3-4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
6-8 boneless chicken thighs, trimmed
1 tablespoon Greek seasoning (I use one from Spice & Tea Exchange)
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoon minced garlic, plus 3-4 whole cloves of garlic peeled
2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1-2 teaspoon fresh or dried oregano, finely chopped if fresh
1 cup organic chicken stock (not broth, you want the rich flavor from the stock)
1 cup pitted Kalamata olives
½ cup chopped roasted red pepper
1 tablespoon capers, drained
¼ cup chopped sundried tomatoes (in olive oil)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Heat oil in a dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken evenly with salt, pepper, and Greek seasoning. Cook chicken, skin side down for 3 minutes, flip and add onion, garlic (minced and whole), lemon juice and oregano. Cook for 5 minutes. Add chicken stock, olives, red peppers, capers, and sun-dried tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then cover and transfer to the oven to cook for another 25 minutes. Remove from oven and serve over cauliflower "rice" (see recipe below).
How To Make Cauliflower Rice
Ingredients:
4 cups cauliflower florets
3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
sea salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Boil cauliflower for 8 minutes or until tender. Drain. Return to pan and add oil, salt and pepper and mash gently with a fork until cauliflower resembles rice.
If you love this recipe, you should also try this easy skillet Lemon Artichoke Chicken. It's one of my favorite easy chicken recipes!
Greek Chicken Stew with Cauliflower Rice
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 6 boneless chicken thighs trimmed
- 1 tablespoon Greek seasoning I use one from Spice & Tea Exchange
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 2 tablespoon garlic minced
- 3 whole garlic cloves peeled
- 2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoon fresh or dried oregano finely chopped if fresh
- 1 cup organic chicken stock not broth, you want the rich flavor from the stock
- 1 cup pitted Kalamata olives
- ½ cup roasted red peppers In the jar, drained and chopped
- 1 tablespoon capers drained
- ¼ cup sundried tomatoes in olive oil drained and chopped
- For the "rice":
- 4 cups cauliflower florets
- 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Heat oil in a dutch oven over medium-high heat.
- Sprinkle chicken evenly with salt, pepper and Greek seasoning.
- Cook chicken, skin side down for 3 minutes, flip and add onion, garlic (minced and whole), lemon juice and oregano.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken stock, olives, red peppers, capers and sun-dried tomatoes.
- Bring to a boil, then cover and transfer to the oven to cook for another 25 minutes.
- To prepare the cauliflower rice:
- Boil cauliflower for 8 minutes or until tender.
- Drain.
- Return to pan and add oil, salt and pepper and mash gently with a fork until cauliflower resembles rice.
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Leah @ foodforthefresh
Mouth is watering. I can't wait to make this!!!
Bree {Skinny Mommy}
Oh my goodness this looks like an amazing flavor combination! I have never tried braising and I will need to try 🙂
Amee Livingston
Thank you ladies!
Anonymous
I just made this. It's amazing!!!! Our house smelled like heaven, what a wonderful recipe - our new favorite! Gave me a great reason to use our shiny new Le Creuset dutch oven 🙂
Amee Livingston
Awesome! So glad that you loved this dish! I love my dutch oven...I'm sure you'll have it well broken into in no time! Braising is delicious!!
Anonymous
I've made this twice in two weeks now. Absolutely one of my favorite dishes. Love it!!
Amee Livingston
Great! So glad that you love the dish!! Thank you for taking the time to comment. 🙂
Sherry Taylor
Could you explain what greek seasoning is? Is this an herb combination that someone prepackages?
Amee Livingston
Hi Sherry! Yes, it's a seasoning blend. The one I use is from The Spice and Tea Exchange and includes: oregano, garlic, pepper, onion, sea salt, feta powder and lemon zest.
Cyndy Brown
I am making this tonight! Only I am using bone-in thighs, and I don't have a dutch oven 🙁 so I guess i'll use a roasting pan. Any helpful hints??
Amee Livingston
Hi Cyndy! Sorry, just seeing this. A deep oven-proof skillet should work well for this, too. I hope you enjoy the recipe.
Susan
Had to thank you for such a delicious recipe! I made this for lunch today, and I adapted it for my pressure cooker (Instant Pot). Used all ingredients as listed, but first browned the thighs lightly and sauteed onion and garlic in the juices. Added everything else in and hit the "Meat/Stew" button for 15 minutes. It was so full of flavor and went perfectly with mashed cauliflower. Many thanks! 🙂
Amee Livingston
You are most welcome, Susan! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the recipe. Your pressure cooker version is a great idea!
Michelle
This is so yummy! I made this before and it really is delish. Thanks for sharing it!
Amee Livingston
So glad you enjoyed it Michelle!