Mediterranean Chicken

Mediterranean Chicken

Wonderful food does not have to begin with the bewildering grocery list. Sometimes great taste lies in the easy combination of just a few ingredients. Here we honor simplicity. Each of this recipes use five or fewer ingredients are carefully chosen to both intensify taste and enhance eye appeal. Keep handful of these in ingredients in your pantry and you wont find you hand full at dinnertime.

Ingredients:

4    - skinned and boned chicken breast halves

3    - tablespoon all-purpose flour 

2    - tablespoon olive oil

1    - (141/2-ounce) can ready-to-serve chicken broth

1/4 - cup sliced ripe olives

2    - teaspoon capers 

1/8 - teaspoon pepper

1     -(14-ounces) can whole artichoke

         heart, rinsed and halved

Procedure:

Step 1

- Dredge chicken in flour; set aside.

Step 2

- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium hight heat. Add chicken, and cook 3 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.

Step 3

- Add chicken broth and next 3 ingredients. bring to a boil, reduced a heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until thickened and bubbly.

Step 4

- Stir in artichoke halves, and cook until mixture is thoroughly heated.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe By: Brenda H. Rohe
From: Charlotte, North Carolina
Book: Southern Living
Page: 164