Mediterranian chicken

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 Lemons
1 teaspoon Coarse salt
2 Whole skinless chicken breasts
2 tablespoons Olive oil
1 tablespoon Margarine
1 Onion; cut into slivers
⅓ cup Green olives
3 tablespoons Chopped parsely
2 Cloves (large) minced garlic
¼ cup Plus
3 tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Finely minced crystallized ginger
⅓ cup Black olives
1½ cup Chicken broth
1 pinch Ground turmeric

Directions

submitted by: Desiree1@...

Sandy H., St. Louis, Mo., USA

With begetable peeler, remove peel from lemons in long strips. Drop into water and cook for 2½ minutes. Remove from water and when cool, scrape off any pith. Cut into small slivers. Toss with coarse salt and let stand for 1 hour. Cut chicken breasts in half and place in bowl with ¼ C. lemon juice. Microwave oil and margarine for 30 seconds, covered. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric and broth. Stir well and return to microwave and cook 5 more minutes. Add lemon peel, olives, remaining lemon juice and 2 Tbsp. parsley. Stir ,cook 2 mins on HIGH..

Drain chicken and place in casserole in one layer. Cover with the sauce.

Cook, covered, on HIGH for 8 minutes or until tender. Place chicken in individual serving dishes and spoon sauce over it ( the lemon peel, olives, etc.) Garnish with parsley. May be served over rice. Serves 4.

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