This high-protein chicken dinner is a wonderful paleo one pot meal. Chicken with Cauliflower and Olives is also bursting with the gorgeous flavors of lemon and thyme.
This hearty, grain-free, savory paleo dinner recipe is a hit with our entire family, and as you can see is an all time fan favorite. I often serve this with a Spinach Salad for a filling, vegetable heavy dinner.
While we eat chicken once or twice per week, I also try to serve the boys (all 3 of them) steak each week as that is their favorite dinner. They are more than happy when I serve them grilled steak with a side of Mashed Cauliflower and Carrot Fries, which also go very well with this paleo chicken recipe.
Chicken with Cauliflower and Olives
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1 bunch fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- zest of 1 lemon, use a microplane zester
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted
- 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Rinse chicken breasts and pat dry with a paper towel
- Spread thyme sprigs evenly in the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish
- Place chicken over thyme sprigs and scatter cauliflower around chicken
- In a small bowl, combine shallot, olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon zest and juice, olives and garlic
- Pour mixture over chicken and cauliflower
- Refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight
- Bake at 400°F for 45-55 minutes, until chicken is cooked through and cauliflower is well browned
- Serve
I combined and adapted recipes from Real Simple and food.com to create this easy paleo chicken dinner recipe. I hope you love this dish as much as we do. It’s so festive that I think it’s perfect for the Jewish holidays. I serve it over the High Holy Days, as well as Passover. It’s a great holiday dish because it’s so easy to prepare, but makes such an impressive presentation.
Here are some of my other favorite paleo chicken recipes!
randi says
This was super delicious. I didn’t have enough cauliflower on hand so added some sweet potatoes and artichokes. So good. The sauce poaches the chicken and it is sublime.
Elana says
Randi, I’m so happy to hear this dish is sublime!
Jennifer Finn says
Delicious! I must confess: I am terrible at following directions, so I cut up the chicken. It was great, and convenient for my young kids, but will try to follow next time to compare results. thanks for another great recipe, Elana!
Elana says
Jennifer, you’re welcome!
mpskate@hotmail.com says
Delicious!!! And I quote from my girlfriend, “its like a party in my mouth” ☺ I surprised her and she loved it! Thanks!!! She already amazon primed your book. Next is pizza muffins. Thank you for helping me score points.
Elana says
MP, I’m so happy I helped you score points and glad to hear your girlfriend said “its like a party in my mouth” :-)
Toni says
I have another cauliflower recipe I love which incorporates apples, red onion, & rosemary. I have extra pears on hand, so I think I’m going to experiment with chicken, pears, red onions & rosemary. Thanks for the inspiration!
Elana says
Toni, you’re very welcome!
Lisa Cronin says
Absolutely delicious! A quick and easy dinner recipe. My new favorite go to! Thank you Elana!
Elana says
Lisa, I’m so glad this is delicious, quick and easy! Love that it is your new favorite go to!
Courtney McAllister says
I am batch cooking before baby arrives. Would you recommend fully cooking, then freezing and reheating when needed or freeze raw and cook fully when ready?
Elana says
Courtney, i haven’t tried that. If you do please stop back by and let us know how it goes. And congratulations in advance!
Trisha says
Also curious how many it serves. Planned to make for 9 adults on Rosh Hashanah and it doesn’t look to feed that many. Also curious how it doesn’t dry out with that long a cooking time??
Elana says
Hi Trisha, thanks for your comment and Happy New Year! I’ve updated the recipe above, it serves 4 :-)
Rickk says
These are chicken cutlets? They didn’t dry out cooking that long?
Elana says
Rickk, these are whole boneless skinless chicken breasts and this dish is juicy and delicious! Perfect for the holidays :-)
Sandra says
How many chicken breast come in the 1 pound package you are purchasing? Are you getting four or two? Thanks!
Elana says
Hi Sandra, it varies depending on the size/weight of the chicken breasts, but the number will not affect the outcome of this recipe.
liz afshar says
I love this but i did add dijon and quartered red onion in with the mix
Elana says
Liz, so glad you love it!
Valerie Koch (@valerie_koch) says
Wow–this was delicious! I roasted a whole chicken and used marjoram instead of thyme, because I didn’t have any. The kids even loved the cauliflower. Amazing. Thanks!