Chicken with Artichokes

I adapted this recipe for dinner tonight and it turned out great. I couldn't find frozen artichokes so I used the marinated ones from Costco. Rather than jarred peppers, I used these ones my dad grows. I'm not sure what they are called, but they are small and occasionally hot. I guess it's either the younger or older ones that are hot but we tend to get surprised. They have a really strong pepper flavor the way green bell peppers do, so Kea doesn't like them much, but I sliced them up thin and he loved it. Since the artichokes were marinated I chose to put them into the sauce rather than into the orzo.

I also used skinless chicken and again it was fine. The cooking time for chicken on this recipe is perfect, but I did the orzo for about 10 minutes (because I didn't read directions carefully...). Came out good though; I think the orzo would've been underdone if I followed the directions in the recipe.

Lastly, I subbed 1/2 t. cider vinegar and 1/2 c. chicken broth for the wine just because we didn't have any. Learned this tip from some site and it worked great!

This recipe is definitely a keeper!