Lemon chicken with olives

Cooking a hearty winter meal doesnt get much easier than this one-pot wonder!

Recipe «Lemon chicken with olives» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 48 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1.2kg chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 brown onion, halved, roughly chopped, 2 garlic cloves, sliced, 400g can diced tomatoes , 1 small lemon, sliced, 1 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tsp fresh oregano leaves , 1 cup pitted kalamata olives.

Ingredients:

• 1.2kg chicken thigh fillets, trimmed 
• 2 tbsp olive oil 
• 1 brown onion, halved, roughly chopped 
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced 
• 400g can diced tomatoes 
• 1 small lemon, sliced 
• 1 tbsp brown sugar 
• 2 tsp fresh oregano leaves 
• 1 cup pitted kalamata olives 

Instructions

1. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken in batches, turning, for 5 minutes or until browned. Remove to a plate.
2. Add onion and garlic to saucepan. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until just soft. Return chicken to saucepan. Add tomatoes, lemon, sugar and oregano. Bring to the boil.
3. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, uncovered, for 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and sauce thickened. Stir in olives. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.