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Sweet Paul - Chicken with Olives & Capers

Chicken with Olives & Capers

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 large or 8 small organic chicken thighs about 2 pounds
  • 1 lemon cut into wedges
  • 1 cup mixed pitted olives
  • 2 tablespoons drained nonpareil capers
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400°F, with a rack in the middle position.
  • Place the chicken skin side up in a baking dish. Scatter the lemon wedges, olives, and capers on top of the chicken.
  • Pour the lemon juice and olive oil over the chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Bake until golden, basting with the juices once, for 25 to 30 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh reads 165°F. Serve.
  • Text credit: Excerpted from SWEET PAUL EAT & MAKE, © 2014 by Paul Lowe Einlyng. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
  • Photo credit: © Alexandra Grablewski.