Chicken Thighs with Capers, Lemons, and Olives is a main course dish that is easy to prepare in a single pan. This low-carb recipe is good enough for a special dinner but easy enough for a week-night meal!
Chicken with Lemons Olives Capers
This Chicken with Lemons Olives Capers gets its taste from the briny olives and capers. The charred lemon slices add a bright, smoky flavor that’s really hard to beat. While the chicken thighs might be the center of this one-pan meal, the olives and capers are a great compliment to the dish overall.


Not to be outdone, the lemons create a perfectly fragrant base of caramelized bits to fry the chicken in. And, it’s ready in just about half an hour. This Chicken with Lemons Olives Capers is a wonderful dish.


I use pitted olives because it is so much easier to not have to pit them. And don’t forget to cut your chicken thighs in half!


Ingredients
- 2 lemons sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil plus 1 tbsp
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken thighs each cut in half
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 3/4 cup olives
- 1/4 cup capers
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet to medium-high heat
- Add 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- Add lemon slices and sear until browned, 3-5 min on each side.
- Transfer lemons to a plate.
- Season the thighs with salt & pepper
- Add 1 tbsp of olive oil to the hot pan
- Sear the chicken thighs until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes each side.
- Add the rest of the olive oil to the pan and the minced garlic, and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant, stirring so the garlic doesn’t burn
- Add the green olives, capers and chicken broth.
- Add the reserved chicken and any juices, plus the reserved lemons and their juices
- Cook over high heat until the broth is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
- Add the butter and parsley and cook for another minute.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Transfer to plates and spoon the olives, capers, lemons on top.
- Serve with a green salad on the side.
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Easy and quick Chicken recipe
This is one of my go-to recipes. I throw in mushrooms if I’ve got ’em and I just made this here in Berlin the day before yesterday. Love it.
Charlie, this is a wonderful go-to recipe to master and keep.
Thanks Bernadette, thanks for being such a great supporter
I can’t keep track of your travels. Glad you make something like this, makes me feel that it actually is something someone other than me would eat
I love these ingredients! I only recently made a schnitzel recipe that recommended grilled lemon slices, and they were so good together! Thanks for reminding me again to do this!
A lovely tasty easy dinner recipe there Charles and I bet it tastes delicious. Thanks for publishing!
Love lemon, olives, and capers! A match made in culinary heaven!
Thanks Mimi!
Thanks, Neil, hope you are doing well!!
Thanks, Dorothy!!
I make a recipe similar to this, Charlie the capers give it a nice pop it is a family favourite with us 😊