Texas Style Chicken

By LoriCaputo

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, cut into serving pieces
• 1 tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. pepper
• 1/3 cup flour
• ¼ cup oil
• 2 green peppers, cut into ¼ inch wide strips
• 1 large onion, sliced lengthwise
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 1 can (14 ½ oz.) stewed tomatoes

Preparation

Step 1

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; dip chicken in flour, pressing firmly to coat. Shake off the excess flour. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add chicken, skin-side down. Cook until the chicken is golden, 7 – 8 minutes on each side. Remove chicken and reserve.

Add the green peppers, onion, garlic, salt, thyme, and ground pepper to oil in skillet; cook until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes to green pepper mixture; heat to boiling. Return chicken to skillet. Reduce heat; cover and cook until the chicken is tender, about 35 minutes longer. Serve hot.