Olive Citrus Chicken is infused with sweet citrus and garlic flavor. Needless to say, the flavor of this chicken will blow you away. Add orange juice, lemon juice, white wine, and garlic stuffed green olives, season these chicken breasts. Keto to boot with 5 grams of carbs. So tender you can eat it with a fork. Enjoy as-is or with a gluten-free carb. To add more carbs or another level add Zoodles, Spaghetti Squash, or even gluten-free pasta. 
Moreover, I wanted to create a new chicken recipe that would be reminiscent of a Piccata chicken. Indeed, this is a new spin on an old favorite dish. However, my favorite green olives are garlic stuffed. Therefore I chop them up into very small pieces as then it adds a salty flavor to the dish but not an overly olive flavor. Adding some of the brine from the garlic stuffed olives adds a garlic flavor to the dish. In all honesty, my husband and son are not fond of green olives but I don’t think they even realized that they were inside this dish and they both loved this dish.
Most importantly, using fresh lemon juice and fresh orange juices will enhance the briny garlic flavor and bring moisture to the pounded-out chicken breast. Butterfly means to cut open the chicken like a book cutting horizontally.
Olive Citrus Chicken Notes:
Nevertheless, butterflying the chicken will allow the chicken to cook quicker.
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Olive Citrus Chicken
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs chicken breast
- 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 4 tbsp brine juice from a jar of garlic stuffed olives
- 6 chopped green garlic stuffed olives
- 1/2 tsp pink salt
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp Yacon Syrup
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tbsp white wine
- salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder to taste
- 4 sprays of avocado oil
Directions:
Salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder on both sides of the chicken to taste. Add 2 sprays of avocado oil to a pan and heat to hot. Once the pan is hot add 1 – 2 pieces of thinly pounded-out chicken. Brown the chicken. Once browned flip the chicken over.
Remove cooked chicken to a plate. Lastly, Add citrus juices to the pan and scrape out the brown bits from the bottom until the bottom is free from brown bits.
Allow citrus juices to cook for 2 – 3 minutes. Add in the chopped olives and return chicken to the pan warm.
Once warm remove from the pan and plate with a few teaspoons of sauce from the pan.
Olive Citrus Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken breast
- 1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 4 tbsp brine juice from a jar of garlic stuffed olives
- 6 chopped garlic stuffed green olives
- 1/2 tsp pink salt
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp Yacon Syrup
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tbsp white wine
- 4 sprays avocado oil
Salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder to taste both sides of the chicken
Instructions
- Combine the orange juice, lemon juice, juice from the olives, pink salt, onion powder, Yacon syrup. garlic powder, and white wine.1/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, 4 tbsp brine juice from a jar of garlic stuffed olives, 1/2 tsp pink salt, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1/4 tsp Yacon Syrup, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 3 tbsp white wine
- Butterfly chicken breast and pound out into thin slices using a meat tenderizer mallet.
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder both sides of the chicken to taste.
- Add 2 sprays of avocado oil to a pan and heat to hot.4 sprays avocado oil
- Once the pan is hot add 1 - 2 pieces of thinly pounded out chicken.
- Fry until the chicken is browned on one side flipping to cook the opposite side.2 lbs chicken breast
- Once the chicken is browned on both sides remove chicken to a plate.
- Finally, add more uncooked chicken and continue to brown on both sides until all the chicken is cooked.
- If need be, add additional sprays of avocado oil to the pan.
- Remove chicken to the plate.
- Lastly, add citrus juices to the pan and scrape out the brown bits from the bottom until the bottom is free from brown bits.
- Allow citrus juices to cook for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add in the chopped olives and return chicken to the pan.6 chopped garlic stuffed green olives
- Once the chicken is warmed remove from the pan and plate with a few teaspoons of sauce from the pan.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings 4.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 423 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 12 g | 18 % |
| Saturated Fat 3 g | 14 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 3 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 187 mg | 62 % |
| Sodium 876 mg | 37 % |
| Potassium 644 mg | 18 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 5 g | 2 % |
| Dietary Fiber 0 g | 1 % |
| Sugars 2 g | |
| Protein 69 g | 138 % |
| Vitamin A | 6 % |
| Vitamin C | 27 % |
| Calcium | 4 % |
| Iron | 14 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
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Good one ! certainly a treat !!
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This dish looks so bright and flavorful. I love the combo of olives and citrus with the chicken 🙂
Thanks for the kind word. Let me know if you try it.
What a delicious chicken dish, I love the olive and citrus flavors and how you have put this together. Great recipe!! Love that you pound the chicken, I make that occasionally and my kids always comment on how much better it tastes.
It makes it so tender you can cut it with a fork. Thanks for your kindness.
This looks yummy! The citrus and the white wine together with the chicken sounds so flavorful.
The citrus wine sauce makes a delicious sauce. Thanks so much for commenting.
This looks delicious. I love chicken and asparagus! In fact, I even grow my own asparagus but they are so thin, haha. Will definitely be trying this!
It really is a lovely chicken dish. I am originally from Idaho where Asparagus grows wild on the side of the roads or down in ditches. When I was a kid I thought it was funny that people bought it. But, now that I live in a state that does not have wild asparagus, I understand.
I love the salty brine punch this sauce has to combine with the citrus. thanks so much
The flavours are so strong yet so balanced and will like to do this for sometime
Anindya, the flavors are well balanced. Thanks, for stopping by.
This sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing.
I think citrus goes so well with chicken. This olive citrus chicken looks like a great dinner recipe! On my to-make list!
I love olives in many dishes and citrus combined takes the taste of the dish to a next level.
AJ, it really is tasty. Have a wonderful day!
After reading this recipe I realize I need to include oranges in my cooking – I use lemon and olive flavors fairly often and can’t wait to try this addition.
Beth, you will love the flavor it adds to any recipe. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thanks so much for your kindness and for sharing my recipes. It is greatly appreciated. Have a wonderful and blessed day!