Chicken with tomato & olives

10-30 minutes 4 servings 600 kcal or less basil budget cheap cherry tomato cherry tomatoes chicken chicken casserole chicken chasseur chicken in tomato sauce chicken one-pot chicken stew food for friends garlic clove garlic cloves italian chicken leftover cooked chicken mains oil olive olives provencal quick quick and easy roast chicken sugar summer

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Ingredients

20g pack basil

2 tbsp oil

2 garlic cloves , thinly sliced

2 x 400g or 14oz cans cherry tomatoes

1 tsp sugar

handful olives

sliced meat from a whole cooked chicken , plus any juices

crusty bread , to serve

Method

Finely chop the stalks from a 20g pack basil and shred most of the leaves. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a medium frying pan, then soften 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves and the basil stalks for 3 mins.

Tip in 2 x 400g cans cherry tomatoes, 1 tsp sugar and the shredded basil. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 mins until reduced and saucy. Season. Add a handful olives, the sliced meat from a whole cooked chicken and any juices. Gently stir. Simmer for 2 mins, scatter with basil leaves, then serve with crusty bread.