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Ingredients
- Chicken:
- 6 chicken thighs or drumsticks (with skin)
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt, to taste
- 1/2 tsp pepper, to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Sauce:
- 1/2 chopped onion
- 1/4 cup green peppers (coursely diced)
- 1/3 cup cooked ham (coursely diced)
- 3 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 tsp dried hot chili pepper (optional)
- 1 tsp chicken stock powder
- 1/3 cup white wine (optional)
- 1 cup canned diced tomatoes (or use fresh tomatoes)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tbsp pitted green/black olives (diced)
Preparation
Step 1
1) Wash chicken drumsticks and pad dry with paper towel. Combine flour, salt and pepper and roll chicken in flour, shake off excess
2)In a large, deep frying pan, heat the olive oil over moderately high heat. Cook the chicken until browned, turning, about 8 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan. Leave about 1 tablespoon fat in the pan.
3)Reduce the heat to moderately low. Add onion, garlic, green pepper, ham, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the green pepper starts to soften, about 3 minutes.
4) Add the wine to the pan and simmer 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chicken stock powder, tomatoes, dried hot pepper, basil, parsley, olives and simmer for 5 minutes.
5) Add the cooked drumsticks and any accumulated juices. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Add the remaining parsley to garnish on top.