Chicken Provencal
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 chicken (about 3 to 3 1/2 pounds), cut into eight pieces
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1 1/2 cups canned crushed tomatoes with their juice
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/3 cup black olives, such as NiCoise or Kalamata, halved and pitted
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
- In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil over moderately high heat.
- Season the chicken with 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper and put it in the pan.
- Cook the chicken until browned, turning, about 8 minutes in all.
- 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, stirring occasionally, until the onion starts to soften, about 3 minutes.
- Add the wine to the pan and simmer until reduced to about 1/4 cup, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, rosemary, thyme, olives, anchovy paste, and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon 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 until the chicken is just done, about 10 minutes more.
- Add the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
cooking oil, chicken, salt, freshground black pepper, onion, garlic, red wine, tomatoes, rosemary, thyme, black olives, anchovy paste
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-provencal (may not work)