Spicy Mediterranean Chicken with Sausage-Stuffed Cherry Peppers
4.8
Ingredients
- Prep
- 35 min
- Cook
- 80 min
- Total
- 115 min
Instructions
- 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- 2 Place chicken thighs in a large bowl; season with black pepper, cumin, and 1 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
- 3 Stuff each cherry pepper generously with Italian sausage. Set aside.
- 4 Heat olive oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Place chicken thighs, skin-side down, in pan and brown, about 5 minutes. Turn chicken over and brown other side, about 1 minute. Remove chicken from pan.
- 5 Cook onion in the Dutch oven with pinch of salt over medium-high heat; cook and stir until caramelized, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; stir in garlic, herbes de Provence, and crushed red pepper.
- 6 Stir in pepperoncini and juices; cook until warmed through, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- 7 Place chicken, skin-side up, in a single layer on top of the onions and pepperoncinis in the Dutch oven. Pour stock into the pan until almost covering the chicken.
- 8 Sprinkle artichoke hearts, olives, and stuffed cherry peppers over top of chicken.
- 9 Return to medium-high heat and bring to a simmer.
- 10 Cover and roast in preheated oven until sausage is cooked through and liquid is bubbling, about 1 hour.
- 11 Garnish with chopped basil, oregano, and marjoram.
By John Mitzewich