Great Braising recipe that taste amazing and does not take to long.

This is another not-so-authentic riff on a favourite childhood dish.

This is an easy dinner to prepare. It is moist (thigh meat) with lots of Italian flavor. It’s also a go-to meal for large group gatherings, especially when entertaining takes you away from the kitchen. [For larger quantities, brown chicken in batches and increase vegetable & liquid ingredients by 30% and herb ingredients by 15%]

Served with noodles for a quick meal

Cooking is at its funnest when you're being creative. Like when you take a bunch of ingredients you think will work together and throw them into a pan to see what happens. Sometimes it won't work, often it does, and on rare occasions it comes out absolutely amazing. This dish definitely falls into the latter. I took some Mediterranean ingredients, reminiscent of puttanesca, and threw them into a chicken braise instead. The resulting dish was rich, nuanced, loaded with juicy olives and succulent chicken, and totally, satisfyingly delicious.

This chicken is delicious .. best served over rice !

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2014