One Pan Muffuletta Chicken

During our starting fourth dimension trip to New Orleans, nosotros enjoyed thus many amazing novel dishes too snacks including the classic muffuletta sandwich. This flavorful, easy-to-make i pan muffuletta chicken recipe inspired yesteryear NOLA's favorite sandwich was developed inwards partnership with Musco Family Olives--this recipe takes us correct dorsum to the Big Easy!

Coming dorsum from our trip to New Orleans, Adam too I were blown away yesteryear simply how incredible the nutrient was inwards NOLA. We had heard that they had yummy nutrient downwards there, but nosotros were simply non prepared for how delicious all of our meals would travel too the incredible flavors they relish that nosotros don't frequently larn to stimulate got hither inwards the Southwest. 

We tried many New Orleans staples too sampled a bounty of unlike foods for the starting fourth dimension time. We ventured off the beaten path too explored a lilliputian chip exterior of the French Quarter, too and thus nosotros spent a lot of fourth dimension checking out every recommended eating theater around the corner from Bourbon Street too did terminate upwards checking out thus many spots inwards the French Quarter, too. 

Among the foods nosotros tried inwards the French Quarter, i that stood out was muffuletta! 

Although we've tried some of the sandwich shops inwards the valley that stimulate got muffuletta on their menu, they simply exercise non gustation quite every bit proficient every bit the authentic muffuletta nosotros had downwards inwards New Orleans. Since then, we've had an stance to piece of job some of our favorite ingredients from traditional muffuletta too pack it into a one-pan chicken recipe that nosotros tin easily ready on a weeknight (and with every bite, it takes me correct dorsum to our lead a opportunity exploring the French Quarter during Mardi Gras!) 

Traditional muffuletta that nosotros tried inwards New Orleans is a sandwich on Sicilian sesame bread, but rather than fill upwards up on bread, nosotros substituted the recipe with chicken to fill upwards up on protein! A muffuletta sandwich is stacked with olive salad seasoned with seasonings similar oregano too garlic, Swiss cheese, provolone cheese, salami, ham, too mortadella too cutting downwards the middle. 

For this i pan recipe, nosotros simplified the recipe downwards to what nosotros mean value are the essentials (and added a few others) too some of our favorite parts of the muffuletta sandwich nosotros tried for the starting fourth dimension time during our catch to NOLA! 

One Pan Muffuletta Chicken

Ingredients: 

• 3/4 loving cup of Italian pasta sauce
• 1 1/2 pounds of chicken breast
• 1/2 loving cup of Pearls® Specialties Garlic Stuffed Olives
• 1/2 loving cup of dark olives, pitted
• 3 slices of deli ham
• 1/2 loving cup of salami, diced
• 1/3 loving cup of cocktail onions
• 1 stock of celery, chopped
• 1 loving cup of roasted ruby peppers, chopped
• 2 1/2 tablespoons of Italian herb mix (e.g. oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme, marjoram)
• 3-4 slices of provologne cheese

Directions: 

1. Spray a large stove transcend skillet pan with non-stick cooking spray. 
2. Pour the pasta sauce into the pan too pose the oestrus on warm/low.
3. Chop too ready the olives, ham, salami, cocktail onion, celery, too roasted ruby peppers. Add them into the pan with two tablespoons of Italian herb mix too stir. 
4. Wash, dry, too carefully house the chicken into the pan too submerge the bottom one-half inwards pasta sauce. Turn the oestrus on the pan upwards to medium-low oestrus too cover. Cook the chicken for 12-15 minutes too and thus withdraw the comprehend to the plough chicken over. Stir the pan too scoop the pastas sauce mixture on transcend of the chicken. Place the comprehend dorsum on, too ready for some other 10-12 minutes. 
5. Check the temperature of the chicken (once it is 165 degrees Fahrenheit it is cooked). Once it is close completely cooked through, house a while of provologne cheese on transcend of each chicken. Cover too travel along it warm until it's completely cooked too the cheese has melted. Scoop some of the pasta sauce muffuletta mixture on transcend of the chicken. Serve hot too enjoy!

When nosotros starting fourth dimension tried the Pearls® Specialties Garlic Stuffed Olives, nosotros knew they would travel perfect for our muffuletta chicken recipe! These lilliputian olives pack a lot of flavor inwards simply i small-scale bite!

We made certain to stock upwards on the Pearls® Specialties Garlic Stuffed Olives along with a few of their other flavors including their Pitted Kalamata and Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives. So delicious too versatile to piece of job inwards thus many ways! We beloved to relish olives with deli meats too cheeses on a charcuterie board, too also inwards many unlike crostinis too antipasto skewers. We've gone every bit far every bit broiled the olives with vegetables too served them amongst steak, too also prepared a discover of happy threescore minutes cocktails with them too. With thus many ways to piece of job them, that is why nosotros stocked upwards on thus many unlike varieties at our local grocery store (and stimulate got them added to our grocery shopping wishing listing on Amazon inwards instance nosotros run out too postulate to overnight them to our front end door!) 

From cocktails to appetizers, side dishes to original courses, at that topographic point are thus many ways to brand piece of job of olives similar the ones nosotros used for our muffuletta chicken recipe. You tin find fifty-fifty to a greater extent than olive recipes here on the Pearls® Specialties site for some delicious too creative snacking too entertaining ideas this spring!

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