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
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.
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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:
- Sweet Garlic Chicken
- Spinach Dip Chicken Pasta
- Creamy Dill Chicken Pasta
- Apricot Baked Chicken with Rice
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Chicken Marengo
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ large yellow onion sliced or chopped
- 14 oz Italian tomatoes or diced tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup sliced black olives
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ cup white wine
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 teaspoon sriracha or hot sauce optional
Instructions
- Mix flour and salt and pepper in a shallow dish.
- Cut chicken in 2" pieces.
- Heat up the oil in pan.
- Toss the chicken in flour and salt and pepper.
- Place in batches in the pan and brown on all sides.
- Remove to a plate. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Add more oil to the pan if needed.
- Add onion to the pan.
- Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until softenes.
- Add garlic, cook 30 seconds.
- Add wine and deglaze the pan.
- Add tomatoes, broth, Italian seasoning and olives.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add the chicken back and cook for 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Serve with mashed potatoes.
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!
Anna says
Hi Jen! Oh my gosh! Yes, it is an old one but still a favorite around here. I am so glad you are enjoying it! Thank you!
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.
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.
Jo says
Do you stir in the mashed potatoes?
CrunchyCreamySw says
No, I just served them on the side.
Ben Stephens says
I would make indian food
Sarah Grace says
I will most likely make sauteed mushrooms in olive oil and garlic.
tammy markham says
i believe that i would make a nice creamy spicy potato soup.
Heidi says
Would try this recipe and also asian glazed drumsticks.
Christina says
I would make spaghetti sauce first.
MelissaSayWhat says
I would try your Chicken Marengo recipe! It looks delish!
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.
Karen D says
I would make some tomato sauce for homemade pasta
Karen says
Would love to make my spaghetti sauce in this...or tikka masala!
Vauna says
cream of chicken soup with homemade noodles over mashed potatoes. Perfect for cold windy days like today!
leann lindeman says
Beautiful pan!!! I would probably make something with chicken! I noticed you mentioned you are from Kansas! Me too.... Wichita!
Helga says
I would make a stir fry dish.