Greek-style chicken with olives and artichokes

Greek-style chicken with olives and artichokes

  • DifficultyEasy
  • Prep0:20
  • Cook0:45
  • Serves 4
moggybear
by moggybear Last updated on 05/05/2025

This is a must-try recipe that's really delicious and flavoursome - you wont be disappointed!

- moggybear
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Ingredients

  • 2 tbs canola oil
  • 1.8 kg chicken
  • 1 brown onion finely chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves crushed
  • 1 tbs lemon rind, finely grated
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken stock (liquid)
  • 340 g marinated artichokes drained quartered
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 500 g risoni
  • 2 tbs fresh oregano finely chopped
  • 1 cup kalamata olives seeded
  • 1 tbs lemon rind *extra
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice

Method

  • Step 1
    Heat half of the oil in a saucepan and cook chicken in batches until browned.
  • Step 2
    Heat remaining oil in same pan and cook onion and garlic, stirring, until onion softens.
  • Step 3
    Add rind, stock, artichokes and wine, and bring to the boil.
  • Step 4
    Return chicken to pan, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
  • Step 5
    Cook risoni in a large saucepan of boiling water, uncovered, until just tender, and drain.
  • Step 6
    Remove chicken from pan, and stir oregano, olives, extra rind and juice into sauce.
  • Step 7
    Serve chicken with sauce over risoni.
Recipe Notes

Risoni is a very small rice-shaped pasta, which is great in soups and casseroles, however for this dish I now tend to use rice, instead of risoni.

You could use all chicken drumsticks, or mixed pieces, but I usually use drumsticks and chicken thigh fillets.

I often throw in the juice from the artichokes into the dish.

If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this Moussaka.

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