Super yummy and easy chicken recipe

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I know…there are a million of these. I will add one more to the list.

I made the recipe below earlier tonight and it turned out great! Better, it was really easy. A one-pot wonder. My place still smells fantastic. Weirdly (for me) it has dates in it and I do not like dates. But they work great here and I love them. I got the ones I had to remove the pits myself, dunno if that makes a difference, but only 4-5 so super easy.

There is a video linked in the recipe. FWIW I used only chicken thighs. I think thighs and legs would be better but thighs alone (I made four) worked great. I would be worried doing chicken breasts and, as noted in the video, skinless/boneless breasts are right out. You do you though.

The sauce that results is pretty amazing and it just sorta happens.

This chef tends to be a little too fancy most times IMO but this one she nails. Easy, cheap and yummy (not fast, but easy):

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This does look good and I may try it one day. I don’t have a Dutch oven, though; thinking about trying it with an Insta-Pot.

mmm

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Can an Insta-Pot brown chicken? (I really do not know)

As a general note a Dutch oven is a pretty worthwhile investment. Not too expensive and you can cook all sorts of things with one. Very versatile and (usually) super durable (last forever with minor care). Just saying…

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The Instant Pot can indeed brown things.

This looks like a nice midweek meal to make on a winter’s day. I usually have all these ingredients on hand except dates; I’ll have to take a look for medjool dates next time I do a grocery run (skeptical that my local Kroger will have them, though)

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I was surprised my local grocer (Jewel) had them. But they did.

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I just opened my refrigerator and was reminded we have a big Costco jar of kalamata olives. That might make a good substitute if I can’t find medjool dates.

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Not seeing olives as a replacement for dates but hey…give it a go.

I will say that the sauce which is produced when cooking uses the sweetness of the dates to balance it out right. I don’t think olives will give similar results. But, again, it’s your dinner. Do as you see fit.

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Yes, I understand that it wouldn’t be a close substitution and would become a different dish, but lacking access to dates and having access to kalamata olives, I just thought the olives would be a good ingredient. The bitter / brine of the olives would balance nicely against the sour / sweet of the carmelized lemons, I think.

But, I would very much like to try this recipe as-is, provided I can source me some dates.

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I have not tried this chicken recipe of hers (see below) but it uses olives and also looks easy and tasty. Might be a better fit for your olives. Just an idea.

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One can buy dates online, or if you trust a random stranger from online, I can send you either already pitted dates, or a cup of date nibs [little nubbins that are the divot pushed out when they pit the dates, comes in handy when I make date bread because I don’t have to spend time pitting and peeling and chopping dates. I use them as a glucose booster if I drop too low in the middle of the night. I dislike eating dates as a snack out of hand because I find the dried parchment like skin a sense issue being autistic - it kills the ‘supposed to be soft and squidgy’ mouthfeel.]

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Thanks! I’m going to do a grocery run today, so we’ll see if they have dates, and I will take it from there.

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Date pieces are sometimes sold in packets in the baking section, near the coconut and raisins. Probably better to ask instead of wasting a lot of time walking around looking.