Greek Cinnamon Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• In a glass dish, mix the olive oil, garlic, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and lemon juice. Place the chicken pieces in the mixture, cover, and marinate in the refrigerator 8 hours or overnight.
• Preheat grill for high heat.
• Lightly oil the grill grate. Place chicken on the grill, and discard the marinade. Cook chicken pieces up to 15 minutes per side, until juices run clear. Smaller pieces will not take as long.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium heat. Add chicken; saute until no longer pink, 7-9 minutes. Remove and keep warm., In same skillet, heat remaining oil; add the next 6 ingredients. Cook and stir until onion is translucent, 2-3 minutes. Stir in garlic; cook 1 minute more. Add water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are tender, 3-4 minutes. Return chicken to skillet; add olives. Simmer, uncovered, until chicken is heated through, 2-3 minutes. If desired, serve with orzo.

Steps:

• Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a large frying pan and brown the chicken on all sides. Add the onions and stock; simmer 45 minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bring the garlic, wine, and tomatoes to a boil in a saucepan; stir in the tomato paste and celery. Season with salt and pepper and boil 15 minutes; Add the parsley.
• Boil the noodles in salt water in another saucepan for 10 minutes OR until they are done, rinse with cold water, and drain.
• To serve, mix the noodles with half of the cheese and place on a serving dish. Arrange the chicken on the bed of noodles. Pour the sauce on top of the chicken and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. 4 to 6 servings.
• Classic Cuisine.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C.
• Place chicken in a roasting dish and rub with 1 tbsp oil.
• Place tomato slices on breast and legs.
• Separate the onion slices and place around the chicken.
• Season with the salt, pepper, oregano and cinnamon.
• Drizzle remaining oil over the chicken and place in the oven for 11/2 hours or until the juices run clear.

Steps:

• Bring water to boil for pasta in covered pot.
• Chop whole onion.
• Heat oil in nonstick skillet and saute onion over medium-high heat.
• With food processor running, put garlic through feed tube, and mince; add to onions.
• Wash, dry and cut chicken breasts into julienne strips. Sprinkle with cinnamon and pepper on both sides; add to onions, and cook until chicken is browned on both sides.
• Cook pasta in boiling water according to package directions.
• When chicken is browned, add tomatoes, tomato paste, bay leaf and sugar; reduce heat, and simmer chicken until flavors have a chance to blend.
• When pasta is ready, drain. Remove bay leaf from pasta sauce and spoon sauce over pasta.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a deep baking dish.
• Spread spinach into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Arrange chicken breasts atop the spinach in a single layer; top with sliced olives. Sprinkle feta cheese over the chicken and olives. Drizzle dressing over everything. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook penne at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain and return penne pasta to the pot.
• Stir baked chicken mixture with the drained penne pasta.

Steps:

• On large plate, combine 1 tablespoon flour, salt, and pepper. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine cheese, lemon juice, and oregano. Set aside.
• With a meat mallet, pound each chicken breast to 1/2 inch thickness. Spread cheese mixture on each chicken breast, leaving 1/2 inch border. Fold chicken breasts in half; secure each with toothpick. Coat chicken breasts with flour mixture.
• In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook chicken breasts for 1 to 2 minutes on each side, until golden. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups water, chicken bouillon cube, and remaining flour; pour over chicken breasts in pan. Add spinach and tomato to skillet, and bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink inside. Discard toothpicks before serving.

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Brown chicken on both sides.
• Add onion and garlic; cook 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes with their liquid to the pan with the cinnamon, cayenne, salt, pepper and olives.
• Simmer, covered, 15 minutes.
• Turn chicken and continue cooking 10 to 15 minutes, until chicken tests done.
• Remove chicken to a warm platter.
• Bring sauce to boil with lemon and parsley.
• Boil a few minutes until slightly thickened.
• Pour over chicken.
• Serve with rice or noodles.

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Mix cinnamon, salt and pepper in a small bowl, then rub all over the chicken pieces.
• Using a deep, 12" wide skillet, heat the oil until it shimmers (if you have a smaller pan, make 2 batches, using half the oil for each). Add the chicken pieces, being careful not to overcrowd, and cook until very brown, 4-5 min per side.
• Mince 3 cloves of garlic. Reduce heat to medium-high and add minced garlic and onions. Saute until onions soften and begin to brown, about 5 minute Deglaze with 1/2 c water or broth, using a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
• When the deglazing liquid has evaporated to nearly dry, add the remaining 1 1/2 c water or stock, the tomato paste, the Italian seasoning and the remaining 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
• Return the chicken to the pan, nestling it down in the sauce. If the sauce does not come 3/4 of the way up the side of the chicken pieces, add more water or broth. Cover and simmer over medium-high heat until tender, about 30-40 minutes. Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve with cooked orzo or rice.

Steps:

• Add oil to a large skillet over medium heat, and saute chicken breasts on all sides, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from skillet, and set aside.
• Add onion and red pepper to skillet and saute for one minute.
• Add garlic, and continue cooking for 3 minutes, or until onion begins to go limp.
• Cut the sun-dried tomatoes in half, and add them to the skillet, along with all remaining ingredients except lemons and parsley.
• Mix well.
• Add the chicken breasts and any collected juices back to the pan, turning them over once to get them covered with the skillet juices.
• Lay the lemon slices on top of the other vegetables around the skillet.
• Cover, and simmer for 15 minutes, occasionally basting breasts with pan juices.
• Remove cover and cook 5 additional minutes, until chicken is tender and the sauce is slightly reduced.
• If you want a less liquid sauce, remove the chicken to serving dish at this point, increase heat and boil a minute or two, or until juices are boiled down to your desire.
• Spoon sauce and vegetables over chicken, garnish with parsley and serve.

Steps:

• Chop the onion for this recipe along with the onion for the rice dish.
• Heat a nonstick skillet until it is very hot. Reduce the heat to medium high, and add oil.
• Add all the onion, and saute until the onion begins to brown.
• Mince garlic; remove1/3 of onion from pan, and add to rice (see rice recipe). Add garlic to remaining onion, and stir.
• Wash, dry and cut chicken into bite-size chunks, and add to onion; brown chicken on both sides.
• Grate lemon rind, and add to pan with the vermouth and cinnamon and 1/4 cup chicken broth. Cover, and cook over low heat until the chicken is cooked through.
• Stir the remaining tablespoon of chicken broth into the cornstarch, and mix to a smooth paste; stir into pan. Then, add the yogurt, and stir to mix well. Season with salt and pepper.