Lemon-Olive Chicken over Creamy Polenta
Golden chicken thighs braised with lemon, garlic and green olives, spooned over soft polenta with wilted spinach.
- Celiac
- Hashimoto's
- PCOS
- Anti-inflammatory
- Pregnancy
- Toddlers
- Dairy-free
- Alpha-gal
- Diabetes
- Heart health
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- High cholesterol
- Low-GI
- Sheet pan
- One pan
- Gluten-free dairy-free
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Ingredients
- 4 pieces chicken thighs, bone-in and skin-on
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- ½ cup green olives, halved
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ¾ cup coarse cornmeal for polenta
- 3 cups water
- 3 cups baby spinach
- 1 tsp salt
Method
- Brown the chicken skin-side down in olive oil until deep gold.6 min timer
- Flip, add garlic, oregano, lemon juice, zest and olives.
- Cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked to 165°F/74°C.15 min timer
- Meanwhile whisk polenta into simmering water and stir until thick.20 min timer
- Stir spinach and olive oil into the polenta until wilted.
- Spoon polenta into bowls and top with the lemony chicken.
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Polenta instead of pasta or bread, and every flavour built from lemon, garlic and olives.
- Milk allergy: Creamy polenta made with water and olive oil, no butter, milk or cheese.
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Gluten-free polenta and no soy sauce: the braising liquid is lemon, garlic and olive oil.
- Fish allergy: Chicken thighs braised with lemon and olives; no fish or fish sauce anywhere.
- Soy allergy: Seasoning is garlic, oregano, lemon and olives, nothing fermented from soy.
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