# Super yummy and easy chicken recipe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 14, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772 "2022-01-14T06:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/1 "2022-01-14T06:50:25Z")
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): > **[one-pot chicken with caramelized lemon and dates](https://anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/onepotchicken)** > > Home Movies Tuesday! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/2 "2022-01-14T10:37:16Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/3 "2022-01-14T12:38:18Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/4 "2022-01-14T13:00:36Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/5 "2022-01-14T14:03:02Z")
I was surprised my local grocer (Jewel) had them. But they did. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/6 "2022-01-14T14:15:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/7 "2022-01-14T14:59:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/8 "2022-01-14T15:04:59Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/9 "2022-01-14T16:46:49Z")
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. > **[it's a ME problem, not a sheet pan problem](https://anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/sheet-pan-chicken-video)** > > Home Movies Tuesday! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/10 "2022-01-15T10:55:35Z")
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.] ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/11 "2022-01-15T13:55:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-yummy-and-easy-chicken-recipe/957772/12 "2022-01-15T14:54:58Z")
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.