Hunt's Simple Meals For Busy Days- Festive Skillet Chicken

This recipe is from Hunt's Simple Meals For Busy Days. This is a great little cookbook with 65 recipes that you would actually make, no unusual ingredients, just foods you are likely to have on hand. Of course they all call for Hunt's tomato products.

Festive Skillet Chicken

2-1/2 to 3 pounds meaty chicken pieces
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 tablespoon oil
1 14-1/2 oz. can Hunt's Choice-Cut Diced Tomatoes
1 4 oz. can diced green chili peppers, drained
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup sliced ripe olives
2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
2 to 3 cups hot cooked rice
Rinse chicken; pat dry with paper towels. Combine flour, the 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, and the chili powder in a paper or plastic bag. Shake chicken, a few pieces at a time, in flour mixture until well coated. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken in the hot oil about 10 minutes or until chicken is lightly browned, turning to brown evenly. Drain off fat.
Meanwhile, combine undrained tomatoes, chili peppers, green pepper, onion, olives cilantro, and the 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder in a small mixing bowl, mix well. Pour tomato mixture over chicken in skillet. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, about 40 minutes or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Serve over hot cooked rice. Serves 6 to 8.