Chicken With Tarragon, Garlic & Olives

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breasts, skin on
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 ounce butter
• 3 1/2 ounces smoked bacon, cut into small chunks
• 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 1 lemon, grated zest
• 1 1/4 cups dry wine
• 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 20 olives, green and black
• 1 tablespoon tarragon leaf

Recipe

• 1 season the chicken with plenty of ground black pepper, and salt if you want.
• 2 heat the butter in a sauté pan and brown the chicken over a medium heat. remove the chicken from the pan, then add the bacon with the garlic and cook gently for about 2 mins until just golden.
• 3 turn up the heat, add the lemon zest and wine, then simmer rapidly for a few minutes
• 4 reduce the heat, add the stock, olives and half the tarragon.
• 5 return the chicken to the pan and simmer gently for about 30 mins until the chicken is cooked through and tender, and the wine stock has reduced.
• 6 garnish with extra tarragon and serve with new potatoes and plenty of fresh bread to mop up the delicious pan juices.