Spicy Chicken with Olives

This is a recipe I tried and modified slightly. It is really tasty - and if you have all the ingredients, really simple to make.

Ingredients:

• Olive oil
• 1 4-6 lb. chicken
• 2 tbsp. of Dijon mustard
• 2 tbsp. of ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp. finely chopped marjoram, oregano or sage
• 1 tbsp. chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
• Coarse sea salt
• 1 cup pitted green and black olives

Remove the backbone from your chicken and flatten it prior to cooking. This is relatively easy, turn the chicken over - breastbone down, and cut out the spine. Flatten chicken in a glass baking pan. The chicken cooks more evenly and in less time.

Preheat oven to 425degrees. Lightly grease a large baking pan with olive oil. Put chicken, skin side up in pan.

In a small bowl, stir mustard, black pepper, marjoram, rosemary and red pepper flakes until it makes an even paste. Spread the mixture over the chicken evenly, season with sea salt. Drizzle about one teaspoon of olive oil across each chicken.

Bake chickens about 30 minutes. Sprinkle the black and green olives over the chicken and continue to bake until the skin is golden and chicken is cooked through, about 35 minutes more. Remove from oven and allow to rest for about 10 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!!!