Greek Chicken Stew With Rice

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 (3 -3 1/2 lb) whole chickens, cut into serving pieces
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup long grain brown rice
• 1 3/4 cups chicken stock or 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives or 1/2 cup ripe black olives
• 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese, for topping

Recipe

• 1 in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat, warm oil. add chicken and brown, about 5 minutes on each side. transfer browned chicken to a plate.
• 2 reduce heat to medium. add more oil if needed. add onion and garlic and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. stir in rice. return chicken to pan.
• 3 add stock, lemon juice, oregano, salt, and pepper. reduce heat to medium-low and cook, covered, until chicken is no longer pink in the center, rice is tender, and liquid is absorbed, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. stir in olives. place on a platter with chicken on top of rice, and sprinkle with feta cheese.