Chicken With Tomatoes & Olives over Polenta

"Chicken and tomatoes goes so well over polenta. The recipe is adapted from Good Housekeeping."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • To prepare chicken, On waxed paper, combine flour, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt; Coat chicken legs.
  • In nonstick 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat until hot.
  • Add legs and cook 10 to 12 minutes until browned, turning over once.
  • Transfer to plate.
  • To drippings in skillet; Add onion and cook 5 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently.
  • Add wine; boil 2 minutes or until reduced by half.
  • Add tomatoes with the juice, olives, lemon peel, 6 thyme sprigs and remaining salt.
  • Return legs with any juices to skillet, stirring to coat.
  • Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes or just until juices run clear when the thickest part of the leg is pierced with a knife.
  • Meanwhile, prepare Soft Polenta: In a 3-quart saucepan, heat milk and broth to boiling over high heat.
  • Reduce heat to low; Gradually whisk in cornmeal.
  • Cook 10 minutes or until mixrure is very thick, stir occasionally.
  • Remove saucepan from heat; stir in butter and pepper.
  • Remove lemon peel and thyme sprigs from chicken mixture.
  • Spoon polenta on to plates; top with a chicken leg and some sauce.
  • Garnish with remaining thyme sprigs.
  • Enjoy.

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Reviews

  1. This sounded so good and I had the ingredients on hand so I gave it a try. I usually only make things from the website that have been tried over and over but there were not a ton of chicken and polenta dishes so this won. I really enjoyed it and so did my husband. I changed a few things, not because of the recipe but because of time and not paying close enough attention to the recipe ha ha. I added shredded parm to the polenta...yummy. I also used green and kalamata olives b/c I did not have enough of the kalamata alone. I also used chicken breast (which was already cooked) since that is what I had...turned out fabulous and so quick and easy! Thanks.
     
  2. Barb, This is my kind of dish! Absolutely loved it. Used chicken thighs, sauteed a clove of garlic with the onion and added it to the tomato sauce. Also left out the lemon rind. I loved serving it with the polenta which is one of my favorite foods. I have so enjoyed many of your recipes. Thanks so much for posting.
     
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