I often cook chicken at home as it is my kids’ favourite kind of meat, so I know they will eat it without making a fuss. Today’s recipe is Chicken with Black Olive Tapenade and it is a variation of a Rabbit recipe I published a long time ago. In this case, I use chicken tenderloins, that remain soft and juicy and go perfectly well with the delicious olive sauce. The chicken is first poached in a mix of butter, white wine and Cognac and when cooked to perfection is mixed with a delicious Home-made Black Olive Tapenade. It is one of my family’s favourite meal and I like to serve it with mash potatoes or with Buttered Potatoes to soak up all the yummy sauce! Enjoy!
Chicken with Black Olive Tapenade
Chicken with Black Olive Tapenade - a scrumptious dinner idea the whole family will love!
Ingredients
- 500 gms – 1.1 lbs. chicken tenderloins
- 40 gms – 3 tbsp butter
- 100 ml – a little less than ½ cup white wine
- 60 ml – ¼ cup Cognac
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- 2 sage leaves
- 1 tsp rosemary
- 1 tsp fresh thyme optional
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 3 tbsp black olive tapenade click here for the recipe
- Salt to taste
Instructions
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Put the butter in a pot, add the sage leaves and rosemary to it. Put it on the fire and let the butter melt.
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Add the chicken tenderloins and lemon juice and sauté for a couple of minutes.
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Now add the chicken stock, white wine and Cognac, put the fire to low and let it cook until the chicken is cooked through.
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Adjust with salt and stir well.
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Serve warm with some buttered potatoes (or mash) on the side.
Tania| My Kitchen Stories says
July 20, 2016 at 11:07 pmYour children must be good little Italians if you can get them to eat black olive Tapanade. Mine would run a mile, but it’s not all about those fussy kids is it. I would love it Manu
Manu says
July 22, 2016 at 9:56 amHahahaha In fact I was thinking exactly the same thing the other day… Italian children usually love olives, but around here it’s not always the case. 😉