Chicken with tomato & olives
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 20g pack basil
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 x 400g or 14oz cans cherry tomatoes
- 1 tsp sugar
- handful olives
- sliced meat from a whole cooked chicken, plus any juices
- crusty bread, to serve
Method
- STEP 1
Finely chop the stalks from a 20g pack basil and shred most of the leaves. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a medium frying pan, then soften 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves and the basil stalks for 3 mins.
- STEP 2
Tip in 2 x 400g cans cherry tomatoes, 1 tsp sugar and the shredded basil. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 mins until reduced and saucy. Season. Add a handful olives, the sliced meat from a whole cooked chicken and any juices. Gently stir. Simmer for 2 mins, scatter with basil leaves, then serve with crusty bread.
