This has to be one of the tastiest and easiest ways of doing chicken I’ve come across yet. Plonk it all in a large pot, go away for an hour, et voilá it’s done. Add a salad and some rice, and there’s a very easy, delicious meal.
So Fiesta Friday friends, how about it. Do you think it lives up to my high praise?
Easy Greek chicken casserole with sweet, red capsicums
Ingredients
- 1 kilogram of chicken breast (no skin)
- 3 red capsicums
- a bunch of spring onions
- 2 large tomatoes
- 2 cloves of garlic (at least!)
- ¼ cup of olive oil
- salt and pepper
- optional for a sauce: 1 orange, cornflour, lemon thyme
Directions
- Slice the chicken breasts into several smaller pieces (we usually ended up with 1 or 2 inches across).
- Slice the capsicums, tomatoes, and spring onions. Finely dice the garlic.
- Pop the lot into a large pot, with the chicken on the bottom and the veggies on the top. Add the salt and pepper. Drizzle the olive oil across the top. Save a few of the spring onion slices to later.
- Cover the pot with a tight-fitting lid, bring it to the boil, then simmer over a low heat for about an hour. Amazingly enough, a lot of water comes out of the veggies and gives you a delicious, juicy casserole.
- Optional extra: too much juice? Pour it off into a smaller saucepan and boil to reduce it to about ½ cup, then thicken it with about a dessert spoonful of cornflour. Stir in some lemon thyme and the juice from an orange. Stir this over a low heat until you have a nice thick consistency to give yourself a delicious orange sauce to pour over the top.
- Serve with rice and salad or green veggies. Use those reserved spring onion slices for a bit of last-minute sprucing up.
Notes
The first time I made this, I didn’t believe the recipe and added about ¼ cup of water to stop the chicken from burning. All that did was give me an extra ¼ cup of liquid to cook off later!
Source: Adapted from Our Greek Table (2009) by Pam Talimanididis. Hardie Grant Books: Prahan, Australia.
I love simple dishes! I’d have to try it out to see if it lives up to your praise, but the presentation is beautiful. Happy FF, and have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
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Thank you so very much. If you do try it, please let me know how you go. It’s always great to see what other people do with these things – they always seem to change from one person to the next.
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Lovely dish & presentation 🙂
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Thank you so much. It’s lovely to meet you.
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I agree with Kaila above, this is gorgeous, and I love that it’s so simple! I usually steer away from boiling meat because I’m afraid it makes the meat tough or bland. Did you find that not to be the case here?
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It’s surprisingly tender and delicious. I suspect it’s because the capsicum, onion and tomato melt down in the cooking. We found the addition of that orange sauce (itself very midly flavoured) adds a bit too. And this is from a family that has a lot of herbs and spices in the cooking. Thanks for dropping by.
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Delicious!!
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Thank you
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Great flavor combo here!
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Thank you.
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Looks awesome!
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Thank you
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Wonderful! Just love everything you have here! 😀
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Thank you
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Simple and yummy, my kind of dish!
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Thank you so much.
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Wow! Looks so easy and delicious! Will try this weekend! Thanks for sharing! Happy FF!
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Thank you so much for dropping by. I do hope you like it: please let me know what you think of it. Happy FF.
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That looks yummy! I love its simplicity. Simple but flavorful, I’ll bet. My kind of cooking and eating. 🙂 Would love to give this a try!
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Thank you for the compliments. It’s surprising how we can get such delicious meal from so few ingredients. Happy Fiesta Friday, and thanks for your wonderful hosting again.
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So simple, tasty and pretty! It just goes to show that good cooking doesn’t have to be complicated. Thanks for bringing it along to Fiesta Friday.
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Thank you. Happy Fiesta Friday.
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love your presentation….
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Thank you
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lovely click, beautiful presentation and a simple dish 🙂 thank you for sharing
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Thank you for dropping by.
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🙂
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Sounds so simplw and yummy! I’ll give it a try. 🙂
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So glad you like the look of it. Thanks for dropping by.
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Dinner cannot get any easier! Thanks for sharing.:)
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Thanks for dropping by.
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