Chicken And Olive Ragout With Dijon Potatoes Food

GARLIC DIJON CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Take chicken out of the fridge. Pat dry and season on both sides with salt. Set aside for a few minutes.
• Make the honey garlic Dijon sauce. In a large bowl, combine olive oil, Dijon mustard, honey, garlic, spices, and salt. Mix.
• Add chicken to the honey garlic Dijon sauce. Coat each piece well with the sauce, then transfer chicken to a large lightly-oiled cast iron skillet (or baking sheet). Pour any Dijon sauce left in bowl on top. Add the onions.
• Bake in heated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until chicken thighs are fully cooked through (internal temperature should register 165 degrees F)
• Remove from heat and garnish with fresh parsley. Serve hot with Lebanese Rice and loaded Balela salad or this simple 3-ingredient Mediterranean salad (see additional suggestions above)

CHICKEN, FENNEL & TOMATO RAGOUT

Steps:

• Trim the green tops off the fennel and reserve. Halve, then quarter the fennel, cut out the core, then cut lengthways into slices. Heat the oil in a pan, add the chicken, then fry quickly until lightly coloured. Add the fennel and garlic, then stir briefly until the fennel is glistening.
• Tip in the potatoes, tomatoes, stock and a little seasoning, and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 20 mins until the potatoes are tender. Stir in the peppers and heat through. Roughly chop the reserved fennel fronds, then sprinkle over the ragout. Serve with crusty bread for mopping up the juices.

DIJON ROASTED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a roasting pan.
• Stir olive oil, Dijon mustard, garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; add potatoes and toss to coat. Transfer potatoes to prepared roasting pan.
• Roast in preheated oven, turning occasionally, until tender in the middle, 40 to 45 minutes.

CHICKEN AND OLIVE RAGOUT WITH DIJON POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large pan or deep skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp.
• Remove bacon and drain on paper towel, set aside. Drain most of fat from pan leaving 1 tablespoon, reserve excess fat.
• Add chicken to pan and brown on all sides, do not crowd the pan, transfer browned pieces to a bowl.
• Use more of reserved fat as necessary to brown all chicken. Set chicken aside.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and add remaining fat and/or butter.
• Add carrots, shallots, garlic, thyme(I prefer fresh thyme) pepper and salt.
• Saute for approximately 10 minutes or less if you prefer carrots a little crunchy.
• Sprinkle flour over vegetable mixture and cook stirring for 2 minutes.
• Gradually add wine and chicken stock, stirring gently to scrape the browned bits off the bottom of the pan.
• Bring to boil, stirring often for 5 minutes, until sauce thickens.
• Return chicken with any juices in the bowl to the pan, reduce heat and simmer gently for about 10 minutes.
• Add red pepper, olives and mustard.
• Simmer another 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked thoroughly and sauce is thickened.
• Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary.
• Crumble reserved bacon into the mixture and serve over the Dijon Mashed potatoes.
• Note: the flavours of this ragout benefit from being made a day ahead and refrigerating over night. I do not add the bacon until just before serving, so pieces will remain crunchy. This dish freezes well. Prepare the complete recipe, spoon potatoes around the edge of a large 12-16 cup casserole, spoon chicken mixture in the centre, cover with plastic wrap and wrap entire dish in foil. Freeze up to 2 months. Thaw in refrigerator for 48 hours and bake 350 degrees for about 1 1/2hours, until chicken and potatoes are hot and bubbly.
• To prepare potatoes:.
• Peel and cut into chunks, put into large pot, cover with water add salt and bring to a boil, simmer until tender, 20 minutes.
• Drain and return to low heat, shaking pot to dry potatoes for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, mash and gradually mix in cream and mustard.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

CHICKEN DIJON

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until the onion becomes tender, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute more.
• Turn the heat up to medium-high. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and add it to the skillet. Saute the chicken until it is golden brown on all sides, about 4 minutes.
• Quickly add the chicken broth and stir with a wooden spoon to release any caramelized bits that are stuck to the pan. Cook until the chicken broth has reduced by half. Stir in the mustard.
• Serve with mashed potatoes.

CHICKEN WITH CHICKPEA AND TOMATO RAGU

Steps:

• Toss the chicken breasts with the salt, pepper and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Heat a medium Dutch oven over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pan and heat an additional 30 seconds. Add the onion, garlic and fennel to the hot pan. Season with salt and stir with a wooden spoon to combine. Cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are beginning to soften and are fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add the oregano and garlic powder to the vegetables and stir to combine. Continue to cook until the vegetables are translucent and beginning to brown slightly, another 3 to 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes to the pan along with the vinegar. Bring the mixture to a simmer. Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Using the back of a wooden spoon, crush the tomatoes into medium-sized pieces. Simmer for 10 minutes while you start the chicken.
• Meanwhile, heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add the remaining tablespoon olive oil and heat an additional 30 seconds. Add the chicken to the hot skillet and cook, undisturbed, until deep golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip the chicken and cook until the chicken is evenly browned on both sides, an additional 3 to 4 minutes. Carefully ladle the tomato mixture over and around the chicken, then reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and continue to cook for an additional 5 minutes. Stir in the chickpeas and butter and cook to heat through, 2 more minutes. Did you taste it? Season with additional salt, garlic powder or garlic salt if needed. Stir in the basil and serve topped with Parmesan, if desired.

CHICKEN RAGOUT

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add in the onion; cook/stir 9-10 minutes, until golden.
• Add in mushrooms; cook/stir for 4 minutes; set mixture aside.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; heat a 5-quart Dutch oven over med-high heat.
• Add in chicken; brown it on each side.
• Deglaze pan with the wine, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom.
• Add in the soup mix, dried fines herbs, broth, bay leaf, and reserved onion/mushroom mixture.
• Cover the pan and simmer for 45 minutes, turning chicken several times during the cooking time.
• Remove bay leaf and serve.

SLOW COOKER DIJON CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together the broth, oil, mustard, lemon juice, lime juice, garlic, tarragon, pepper and salt.
• Place chicken in the slow cooker and dump the lemon juice mixture over the top. Then add in the mushrooms, if using.
• Cover and cook on low for about 6 hours. (All slow cookers cook differently so yours may be faster or slower). Remove the lid.
• Use tongs to place chicken, skin side up, on a baking sheet. Broil in the oven for about 5 minutes, or until skin crisps up.
• In a small bowl mix together the cornstarch and water until smooth. Stir the mixture into the slow cooker. Turn slow cooker to high and let the juices thicken.
• Serve chicken and sauce. Enjoy!

INSTANT POT MAPLE DIJON CHICKEN AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Pour chicken broth into bottom of the pot. Turn your pot to saute mode so that the pot can start heating up.
• In a small bowl whisk together the dijon, maple syrup, rosemary, salt, pepper and oil.
• Put the chicken into the Instant Pot. Drizzle half of the dijon/syrup mixture over the chicken.
• Layer all of the sweet potatoes on top of the chicken and then all of the brussels sprouts over the potatoes. Drizzle the rest of the dijon/syrup mixture over the top.
• Turn off the saute mode. Cover the pot and make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 0 minutes on high pressure. The pot will take a while to come to pressure because it is so full. While it comes to pressure the food will be cooking. When the timer beeps let the pot sit there for 10 minutes and then move the valve to venting.
• Open the pot and serve the chicken and vegetables.

MOROCCAN CHICKEN TAGINE WITH POTATOES AND OLIVES RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven, combine the chicken, onion, garlic, spices, parsley, and oil. Cook, covered, over medium heat, without adding water, for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the chicken is almost done. Stir occasionally to turn the pieces of chicken, and watch the heat so that the chicken doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot and burn.
• Peel and quarter the potatoes. Add them to the pot, along with the olives, preserved lemon, and enough water to almost cover the potatoes. Bring the liquids to a simmer and cook, partially covered, until the potatoes are tender and the sauce is quite thick.
• Slice the onion instead of chopping it, and spread the onion slices on the bottom of a large tagine. Peel the potatoes and thinly slice them and layer them on top of the onions. (Or, you can cut the potatoes into wedges, and arrange them around the chicken after completing the next step.)
• In a large bowl, combine the chicken, garlic, spices, and parsley. Add the chicken to the tagine Swirl 1/2 cup of water in the bowl to mix it with the spices, and add this water to the tagine. Pour the olive oil over all, and distribute the olives (and preserved lemon, if using) over the chicken and potatoes.
• Cover the tagine and place it on a diffuser over medium-low to medium heat. Allow the tagine ample time to reach a simmer, and then reduce the heat to the lowest temperature necessary to maintain the simmer.
• Interrupt the cooking after 1 hour and 15 minutes to check on the level of liquids. If you feel a little more water is needed, add it to the tagine, keeping in mind that the final sauce should be thick and not watery.
• Continue cooking the tagine, covered, for another 30 minutes or more, until the chicken and potatoes are very tender. Let the tagine rest off the heat for about 10 minutes before serving.