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Chicken Marengo – chicken thighs cooked in Italian tomato sauce with olives, garlic and onion. Comfort food for chilly days!

We love this chicken dish with mashed potatoes or rice and a generous piece of garlic bread.

chicken marengo A Chicken Marengo Recipe

CHICKEN MARENGO

This Italian dish is pure comfort food that you can make under 30 minutes. Chicken cooked in a flavorful sauce made with tomatoes, white wine, stock, olives, garlic, onions and seasoning. Serve on a bed of fluffy mashed potatoes and devour. This dish is perfect for busy weeknights, lazy weekends and any time of the year, especially the cold months. This delicious dish comes from a small village of Marengo, in Northern Italy. It was prepared by Napoleon Bonaparte’s chef in 1800.

Chicken Marengo Ingredients:

  • 1.5 lbs chicken thighs
  • flour
  • salt and pepper
  • olive oil
  • onion
  • garlic
  • diced tomatoes
  • black olives
  • Italian seasoning
  • white wine
  • chicken broth
  • Sriracha or hot sauce

How to make Chicken Marengo?

  • Start by seasoning the chicken, Cut it into bite-size pieces and dredge in flour.
  • Cook in a pan until no longer pink.
  • Remove onto a plate and keep warm.
  • In the same pan, saute garlic and onion in olive oil.
  • Deglaze the pan with white wine.
  • Add remaining ingredients and bring the mixture to a boil.
  • Return chicken to the pan and simmer everything together.

Can I make this dish ahead of time?

Absolutely! In fact, this dish is even better the next day. Keep it refrigerated until ready to reheat. You can also freeze it for up to 3 months. Thaw out in the fridge and reheat in a microwave or in a pot on the stove.

Chicken Marengo variations:

  • skip the chicken and use mushrooms and beans,
  • use chicken breast and sear whole before simmering in the sauce,
  • sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top and pop the dish under a broiler.

More Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes:

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4.88 from 8 votes
chicken marengo A 150x150 Chicken Marengo Recipe
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Chicken Marengo
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Chicken thighs cooked in Italian tomato sauce with olives, garlic and onion. Comfort food for chilly days! Serve with mashed potatoes or rice and a generous slices of garlic bread.

Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: chicken marengo
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 371 kcal
Author: Anna
Ingredients
  • 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 large yellow onion sliced or chopped
  • 14 oz Italian tomatoes or diced tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup sliced black olives
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 tsp sriracha or hot sauce optional
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Instructions
  1. Mix flour and salt and pepper in a shallow dish.
  2. Cut chicken in 2" pieces.
  3. Heat up the oil in pan.
  4. Toss the chicken in flour and salt and pepper.
  5. Place in batches in the pan and brown on all sides.
  6. Remove to a plate. Cover with aluminum foil.
  7. Add more oil to the pan if needed.
  8. Add onion to the pan.
  9. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until softenes.
  10. Add garlic, cook 30 seconds.
  11. Add wine and deglaze the pan.
  12. Add tomatoes, broth, Italian seasoning and olives.
  13. Bring to a boil.
  14. Add the chicken back and cook for 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
  15. Serve with mashed potatoes.
Nutrition Facts
Chicken Marengo
Amount Per Serving
Calories 371 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 162mg54%
Sodium 1286mg56%
Potassium 692mg20%
Carbohydrates 14g5%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 35g70%
Vitamin A 225IU5%
Vitamin C 16.6mg20%
Calcium 74mg7%
Iron 3.1mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. Jen says

    I found this recipe probably in 2017 via some other website (sorry I don’t remember where) featuring a collection of chicken thigh recipes. We printed off a bunch and made them one by one and rated them with notes of changes to try or whether we would even fix them again – this recipe was so good eactly as it is and it’s the only recipe of probably 10 that we ever made again and we have made it several times – IT IS SO GOOD …
    SO GOOD!

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  2. Miles Harrison says

    Made this (Chicken Marengo) tonight on rice and everyone had seconds! It was simple and I already had everything in the pantry. For me, that’s a win! She’s so happy SHE did the dishes.

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  3. Sherbear says

    I made it just as the receipe was. I
    Had chicken thighs on the bone and saved the bones for broth for soup and used leftover rice from Chinese takeout.

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  11. Mary says

    As this pan can go under the broiler, I would make a shepherd’s pie with lamb, peas, carrots, and turnip and finish it off in the oven.

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  15. leann lindeman says

    Beautiful pan!!! I would probably make something with chicken! I noticed you mentioned you are from Kansas! Me too…. Wichita!

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  27. Birdiebee says

    I would really like to try your recipe for Chicken Marengo. I am a really foody and love to try new recipes on my family.

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  45. Sandra Halperin says

    Of course I’d make the Chicken Marengo!! Never had this before and would love to try it because it looks so DELICIOUS!!!

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  51. AnnaZed says

    Well your choice of a chicken-in-sauce dish is he obvious one for this pan, and ::wow:: that looks good. My grandmother used to make Chicken Marengo and I haven’t had it in years. Why on earth I don’t know! I’m making that.

    Still, if I were the one to un-box that absolutely gorgeous pan I would make Louisiana Jambalaya in it first. I’d even attempt to make New Orleans style French bread and cut it up with the knife!
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    {in the contest I am Margot Core on the Rafflecopter}

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  54. Sarah says

    Years and years ago, I had a very old cookbook with this recipe. It has been a regular in our family ever since with some minor tweaks, one being the addition of sliced mushrooms.

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  61. Debra says

    Oh my, I do need this pan!!! 🙂 I have my fingers crossed and sending hopeful vibes your way. I’m thinking the first thing I would make in the pan would be your featured dish. It sounds delicious!

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  62. CrunchyCreamySw says

    They say you should cook with the wine you want to drink. 🙂 But it doesn’t have to be expensive. If you like the TJoe’s one – use that one. Hope this helps!

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  65. Karen says

    I would make some meat sauce and use it in lasagna. Love Wusthof knives! We got a whole set for our wedding and they are amazing!

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  66. Holly says

    I have a bacon mac and cheese in mind. I would love to use this pan and knife in my kitchen. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  67. Heidi Pi says

    I love Wistohf knives! This would add to my set perfectly! And the sautee pan would get me started replacing my old stuff from! Great give away!

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  69. Wendy Wilkins V. says

    I would probably make this Chicken Marengo or a Paprika Chicken recipe I just saw that is less complicated than most I’ve seen.

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  73. MaryB says

    I’m definitely going to try this Chicken Marengo – love using chicken thighs. I’ll also make Chicken Forester with mushrooms and wine sauce.

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  75. Debra Lynn says

    Of course I would make Crunch Creamy Sweet’s version of the Chicken Marengo along with the mashed potatoes! Living in the sub zero temps right now this is certainly a dish that is a great winter comfort food!! YUMMMMM!!!!

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    • CrunchyCreamySw says

      Hi Debra! It’s a stubborn little widget. It takes a moment for it to show up. Hopefully you can enter now!

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        • CrunchyCreamySw says

          You need to leave your comment here and then use the widget to enter the giveaway. I use the widget to select the winner. Are you on mobile, Debra? I wonder why the widget is not showing up for you…

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