Greek Stew

This old Greek family recipe is a simple stew of chicken thighs in a mixture of white wine and tomato sauce with added flavors of cinnamon and lemon.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins
• Calories: 383 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 cups dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 (6.5 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 cooking spray (such as Pam®)
• 1 drop hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
• 2 large onions, cut into 1/2-inch dice
• 4 cloves garlic, or more to taste, minced
• 8 chicken thighs, or more to taste, trimmed
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Prepare a Dutch oven or large pot with cooking spray. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until onion soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove onion mixture to a bowl.

Step 2

Heat remaining olive oil in the pot again over medium heat. Cook chicken in hot oil, turning a few times, until browned, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Pour wine over the chicken; bring to a simmer and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes.

Step 4

Stir onion mixture, tomato sauce, black pepper, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, and cinnamon with the simmering chicken; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, place a cover on the pot, and cook at a simmer until the chicken is easily pulled apart, about 1 hour.