Chicken With Tarragon, Garlic & Olives

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts, skin on
• 1/2 ounce butter
• 3 ounces smoked bacon, cut into small chunks
• 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 1 lemon, grated zest
• 1 1/4 cups dry white wine
• 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 20 mixed olives
• 1/2 ounce tarragon leaf
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Season the chicken with plenty of ground black pepper, and salt if you want.

2. 2

   Heat the butter in a sauté pan and brown the chicken over a medium heat. Remove the chicken from the pan, then add the bacon with the garlic and cook gently for about 2 mins until just golden.

3. 3

   Turn up the heat, add the lemon zest and white wine, then simmer rapidly for a few minutes

4. 4

   Reduce the heat, add the stock, olives and half the tarragon. Return the chicken to the pan and simmer gently for about 30 mins until the chicken is cooked through and tender, and the wine stock has reduced.

5. 5

   Garnish with extra tarragon and serve with plenty of fresh bread to mop up the delicious pan juices.