Mediterranean Chicken | Matthew Recipes | Umami

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, about 3½ lb (1.75 kg)
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, cut in half
• 1 red bell pepper (capsicum), seeded, deribbed and chopped
• grated zest of 1 orange
• ¼ cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) chicken stock
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• ½ cup (3 oz/90 g) thinly sliced fennel
• ¼ cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) dry white wine
• 16 small black olives, preferably Greek or Italian