Green Olive Chicken

Servings

3

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 2 cloves crushed garlic
  • 6 cut up chicken pieces
  • 1 (5 ounce) jar pitted green olives
  • 6 potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • water to cover

Instructions

  1. In a large pot pour enough olive/vegetable oil to cover bottom of pot. Add onion, garlic and chicken and sauté, turning chicken pieces, until chicken is 1/2 cooked (4 to 5 minutes).
  2. Add 1/2 jar of olives along with 1/2 of the brine from the jar. Add the potatoes and enough water to cover chicken and potatoes. Cover and simmer over medium heat until chicken and potatoes are cooked and tender.