My friend Anne, at Cooking with Anne, (see side bar) is playing a new game. She is giving her readers cooking projects. The ingredients of choice this week were boneless chicken breasts, black olives and linguini. Here is what I came up with:

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts
Olive oil
2 cloves garlic
5 olives stuffed with jalapeños (I did not have black olives)
1 small jar pimentos
Chicken stock- (enough to cover chicken)
Sour cream
Fresh grated parmesan cheese
Chopped parsley
Linguine
Kosher salt

For the linguine-

In big pot put in water, kosher salt, and olive oil. (no I did not measure) When boiling, put in the noodles. Boil correct amount of time, then with spoon take the noodles out- reserve the water.

In the water I put in some broccoli I had left over- cook until they are they way you like them. (you can see from my picture that I cooked them well- this was not a choice; I got on the internet and forgot about the little green buggers!)

Chicken:




Sautee 2 cloves of garlic in olive oil.





Put in chopped olives and a small jar of pimentos chopped up. Add chicken breasts and cook till done. Add chicken stock, fresh grated black pepper and cover and let slowly simmer over low heat.




When chicken has cooked until it is tender and stock is reduced, add sour cream to thicken. Pour over noodles and grate some parmesan cheese over the top and then add chopped parsley.



There you have it! Even the husband said "Damn, this was good!" Give it a whirl and while you are at it, why don't you pop over to Anne's and say hi? Her Dad is real sick and she could use a little support.

K