Sauteed Chicken With Peppers and Tomatoes

This is a nice colourful winter dish. Goes good with just about anything I would say. I call it comfort food. I usually like to add in some olives, green and black, makes the dish more colourful, and serve it with white rice, or like I mentioned up above, goes pretty well with anything. Serve it with a nice chilled red wine, and enjoy.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 -3  lbs chicken, cut into serving pieces
•  salt
•  fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil
• 2  large onions, cut into strips
• 2  teaspoons  chopped garlic
• 2  red peppers, cut into strips
• 1  green pepper, cut into strips
• 1⁄2 cup smoked ham or 1⁄2 cup  presunto  serrano pepper
• 6  medium tomatoes, peeled and seeded, finely chopped
• 8  pitted black olives, cut in half
• 10  pitted green olives, cut in half

Directions

1. Wash and pat dry chicken, sprinkle liberally with salt and a grounded black pepper. in a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Brown the chicken a few pieces at a time, with skin side down first, turning them to brown till nice and golden. Regulate heat so that the chicken colours quickly, but without burning. When chicken is a rich brown remove to a platter, and set aside.
2. Now add in the onion, garlic, peppers and presunto to the remaining fat in the skillet. Cook for about 10 minutes over medium heat till vegetables are soft, but not brown. Now add in your tomatoes, put heat up and cook till liquid in the pan evaporated and mixture is thick and holds its shape lightly in a spoon. Now you may return the chicken back into the skillet, and stir so its well coated with the tomato sauce. Cover skillet and let cook for 30 minutes over low heat til its tender but not falling apart. Stir in you olives and place in a serving platter. Decorate with chopped parsley over top.