Simple, healthy, and full of flavor loaded with tender pieces of chicken, olives, diced tomato, garlic, and artichoke hearts, and delicious with each bite.
These easy ingredients and flavors come together in a wonderful rich white wine sauce, and the slices of chicken are perfect over rice, pasta, or even a crusty thick slice of bread.
If you scroll through our options below you may find other substitutions you may like with our suggestions.
Use our printable recipe card below for these step-by-step instructions..
Easy Steps to Make Mediterranean Chicken
- slice or cube boneless chicken
- saute chicken in hot oil
- add all ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes
- serve over pasta, rice, bread, potatoes whatever you prefer
Other Additions and Substitutions
- green or black sliced olives
- spinach
- grape tomatoes
- chopped peppers in red or green
- pepperoncini peppers chopped or left whole
- sliced mushrooms
- chickpeas
- diced eggplant cubes
- diced zucchini
Ingredients You Will Need (scroll down to the bottom for exact measurements)
- boneless skinless chicken breast cubed or sliced in strips
- kalamata olives
- diced tomatoes
- white wine (we use pinot grigio)
- tomato sauce in a can
- salt, pepper
- garlic cloves
- Italian parsley fresh or dried
- olive oil
- granulated garlic powder
- optional: feta cheese, or long strands of Parmesan, red pepper flakes
Other Recipes To Try
Chicken Francese
Baked Taste Like Fried Lemon Chicken Cutlets
Bundt Pan Roasted Chicken
Pin this for later
Easy Chicken Dishes
This version of Mediterranean Chicken is a delicious addition to any chicken lover, especially with so many adaptions, the sauce is really quite yummy!
You can add whatever you really like to this dish with some of the suggestions I have for you above, don't be afraid to make this your own with this basic chunky olive tomato sauce.
We would love to know how you adapted your recipe to what you like or changes in the comments below.
Mediterranean Chicken
Yield: 4
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 20 Min
This is an olive chicken with artichokes hearts, tomatoes topped with feta cheese. Perfectly served over pasta or rice.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 can of artichoke hearts
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 3 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves in thin slices or cubed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon granulated garlic powder
- 1 small minced onion
- 3 cups canned diced tomatoes with juice (around 1 28-ounce can or 2 smaller ones)
- 1 small can of tomato sauce 4-ounce size
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- Garnish: top with crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
- Slice the chicken lengthwise then into strips of bite-sized pieces.
- Saute the chicken quickly in hot heated olive oil on both sides in a large dutch oven or deep pan (for around 3 minutes on each side).
- Remove the chicken and set aside.
- Add the onion and garlic and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add all the rest of the ingredients to the pan and the chicken last.
- Salt, and pepper to taste.
- Simmer for around 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken fork tender.
- This can be served on top of bread, cooked pasta, steamed rice, quinoa,
- Garnish with feta or long strands of Parmesan, red pepper flakes are optional and more olives if desired.
Notes
Other Additions and Substitutions
- green or black sliced olives
- spinach
- grape tomatoes
- chopped peppers in red or green
- pepperoncini peppers chopped or left whole
- sliced mushrooms
- chickpeas
- diced eggplant cubes
- diced zucchini
Nutrition Facts
Calories
289.3Fat (grams)
9.26Sat. Fat (grams)
2.24Carbs (grams)
24.82Fiber (grams)
6.77Net carbs
18.07Sugar (grams)
12.05Protein (grams)
24.11Sodium (milligrams)
1788.38Cholesterol (grams)
60.91
Pin this for later
Serving Recipe Side Dishes
roasted garlic mashed potatoes
twice-baked potatoes
rice
favorite pasta
Tuscan garlic bread
roasted vegetables
