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Pot roasted chicken with tomatoes and olives

Karen Martini
Karen Martini

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Mediterranean-inspired pot-roasted chicken.
Mediterranean-inspired pot-roasted chicken.William Meppem

This dish employs spices and flavours that I associate with Greece and southern Italy, with oregano, lemon, orange, tomato, bay leaves, fennel, wine, cinnamon and garlic marrying beautifully as the chicken wet-roasts (it's not quite a braise). Serve with buttered small pasta or cous cous, and greens or a leafy salad.

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Ingredients

  • 100ml extra virgin olive oil

  • 8-10 chicken chops, skin on, bone in

  • salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper

  • 4 eschalots (French shallots), peeled and thickly sliced

  • 10 small garlic cloves, unpeeled

  • 2 fresh bay leaves

  • 3 tsp fennel seeds

  • 1½ tbsp dried oregano, preferably Greek

  • 250ml white wine

  • juice of 1 orange

  • peeled rind of ½ orange

  • 2 strips lemon peel

  • 2 large ripe tomatoes, quartered

  • 1 cinnamon stick

  • 1½ tsp chilli flakes

  • 12 olives, black or green

Method

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 170C fan-forced (190C conventional).

  2. Step 2

    Heat half the oil in an ovenproof casserole pan (a Dutch oven or the like) over high heat. Generously season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Seal the chicken in batches over high heat, skin-side down, for 4 minutes, then flip and cook for 2 minutes on the other side.

  3. Step 3

    Once all the chicken has been sealed, remove and set aside. Add the remaining oil to the pan with the eschalots and garlic. Cook for 2 minutes to soften a little, then add the bay leaves and fennel seeds. Return the chicken to the pan and follow with the oregano, wine, orange juice and orange and lemon peel. Simmer for 2 minutes, then add the tomato, cinnamon, chilli flakes and 100ml water. Scatter over the olives and bring to a simmer.

  4. Step 4

    Cover the pan and transfer to the oven. Cook for 1 hour, then remove the lid and increase the heat to 220C (240C conventional). Cook for 20 minutes to reduce the liquid a little.

  5. Step 5

    Serve with small, buttered pasta, such as orzo or pastina, or cous cous. If you want the sauce thicker, remove the chicken and reduce on the stove over high heat before returning the chicken to the pan to serve.

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Karen MartiniKaren Martini is a Melbourne-based chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter. She has a regular column in Good Weekend.

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