Spicy Lemon Rosemary Chicken with Olives and Pistachios

Light food, suitable for any type of diet, but also a delicious ingredient for improvised dinners: chicken breast can be incredibly versatile and suitable for recipes of the Italian culinary tradition

Chicken breast is a lean cut of the animal of the same name. It consists of the chest muscles with bones and is prepared without the skin. It is usually sold already peeled, whole, cut in half or filleted. This type of meat has a very low fat and cholesterol content

You can prepare the chicken breast in the oven, grilled, breaded, stuffed, or use this meat to prepare rolls, or strips to sauté. Boiled, it can also become an ingredient for tasty summer salads. Its nutritional properties are preserved by specific types of cooking, such as steamed and grilled. It can also be prepared boiled while maintaining its nutraceutical value unaltered.

A basic rule of keeping chicken breast tender is actually not to overcook it.

Spicy chicken with lemon and rosemary with olives and pistachios is a simple dish, with or without chilli pepper, accompanied with a salad or baked potatoes.

INGREDIENTS:

3 – 4 boneless chicken breasts.
3 Tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
1 clove of garlic.
1 lemon.
1 sprig of rosemary.
10 black olives.
Pistachios or pine nuts.
Chili pepper.

PREPARATION:

In a bowl put: the chicken breast, 2 tablespoons of oil, the pepper, and the salt, then mix thoroughly.

Cut a lemon into slices of about 1/4”, pour a spoonful of oil into a cast iron pot, and arrange the lemons and rosemary ①.

Place the chicken on top of the lemons ②, sprinkle with the olives and pistachios ③, take an aluminum foil and cover the pot, leaving two small openings on the sides ④.

Bake at 200 – 395°F for 20 minutes. After this time, remove the aluminum foil ⑤, drizzle with ½ glass of white wine and put it back in the oven for another 10 -15 minutes ⑥.

Remove the chicken from the oven ⑦, cut it into slices and cover it with the olives, pistachios and its sauce.