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Menu Plan for Spring II: Week 3, Day 4

Chicken with Broccoli and Olives
Pommes Anna

Cooking time: 30 minutes for menu        Cooking schedule: see below for instructions

      Finish the rest of the Pommes Anna with the chicken - an easy dinner.

Chicken with Broccoli and Olives    

Total time: 30 minutes
     This is a colorful dish full of Mediterranean flavors: capers, olives, peppers, lemon and garlic.  It's made like a stir-fry, leaving the vegetables with a bit of crunch.

 Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
• 1/2 head of broccoli or one small head 
• 1 small yellow bell pepper
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/3 cup olives, black or green
• 1 tbs capers
• 1 tsp dried marjoram
• 3 tbs white wine or 3 tbs chicken stock plus 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tbs olive oil

 Instructions:

• Slice onion about 1/8" thick (.3cm). 
• Cut pepper in half the short way and then into slices, 1/4" thick  (.6cm). 
• Mince garlic. 
• Cut broccoli into bite size florets and stems. 
• Cut chicken in half, the short way.
• Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet.  Add onions, pepper, broccoli, and sauté 5 minutes. 
• Add garlic and sauté another 2 minutes. 
• Remove vegetables to a bowl or platter and cover. 
• Add chicken to skillet and sauté 6 - 8 minutes per side, or until done. 
• Pit olives if needed and cut in half. 
• Return vegetables to skillet, add olives, capers, marjoram and wine or stock/lemon juice.  Stir to combine. 
• Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer another 7 - 8 minutes to blend flavors. 
• Arrange attractively on a small platter and serve.

Pommes Anna

Total time: 15 minutes 

 Ingredients:

• leftover Pommes Anna

 Instructions:

• Reheat - either in the microwave or for 15 minutes in a 350F (180C) oven. 

 

Cooking schedule: 30 minutes Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives, large skillet with lid, dish for reheating potatoes Turn oven on, 350F (180C) Put potatoes in baking dish Slice onion, pepper Cut broccoli Mince garlic Sauté onion, pepper, broccoli Bake/reheat potatoes

Cut chicken Add garlic to onion, pepper Remove vegetables, sauté chicken Pit olives if needed, cut in half Turn chicken      Pause while stuff cooks Add onions, pepper, broccoli to chicken Add olives, capers, herbs, wine or stock/lemon Cover, simmer Arrange chicken, vegetables on platter Remove Pommes Anna, serve

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