Chicken w/ Tomato & Olives Michael Symon's 5 in 5 - A recipe re-do from The Chew Sept. 27, 2011 - Ozzified

Today's 5 on 5 recipe needed so little tweaking that I was able to make it for today's lunch & eat it before the show was over.  


Click here for Michael Symon's original recipe.

My tweaks:

• Used skinless chicken thighs as I had some left from last night's dinner & skinless chicken is healthier. 
• To compensate for the fat the skin would've provided, I cooked the chicken thigh on a griddle with some olive oil rather than a grill. And no, Michael Symon, I am NOT "crazy fat-phobic"!
• Didn't have a brick handy, so I smashed the boneless chicken thigh once with a skillet before I cooked it, then occasionally pushed on it with my spatula to keep it flat. I could have used my bacon press but didn't want more to clean up afteward.
• Used a chopped, fresh, heirloom tomato rather than go buy a whole can of San Marzano tomatoes, which tend to be pricey and have a lot of sodium. 

As was obvious on the segment, the chicken alone takes more than five minutes to cook. It took seven minutes to get to 160 degrees, but then I didn't use a brick. Doesn't matter, this dish was yummy and well worth the extra minute or two.