Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken cacciatore. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Cacciatore is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chicken Cacciatore is something which I have loved my entire life.

Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour to coat lightly. In a large heavy saute pan, heat the oil over a medium-high flame. Chicken cacciatore is a classic Mediterranean chicken dish from Italy. This is my favorite recipe made with chicken thighs, tomatoes, herbs, and olives.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken cacciatore using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Cacciatore:

1. Take 4 chicken thighs (boned and skinned)
2. Prepare 4 chicken legs (skinned)
3. Take 1 can plum tomatoes chopped (400g / 14oz. each) and their juice
4. Get 200 g onion (sliced) / 7 oz.
5. Take 175 g button mushrooms (halved) / 6 oz.
6. Make ready 100 g red peppers (sliced) / 3½ oz.
7. Take 100 g peppers green (sliced) / 3½ oz.
8. Prepare 75 ml dry white wine / 2½ fl. oz.
9. Get 1 teaspoon oregano dried
10. Get 1 teaspoon thyme dried
11. Make ready 2 teaspoons garlic powder
12. Take 1 tablespoon cornstarch cornflour /
13. Take ½ teaspoon black pepper ground
14. Get 100 g onion / 3½ oz.
15. Prepare 50 g carrot / 2 oz.
16. Make ready 50 g celery / 2 oz.
17. Prepare “Spray2Cook” (a word used to describe any low-cal. non-stick cook’s oil spray)

The Italian word "cacciatore" translates to "hunter". Hunter-style dishes are typically prepared by braising a protein (like chicken) with tomatoes, onions, herbs, vegetables and an acidic ingredient, such as wine or vinegar until tender. What can I serve with chicken cacciatore? Chicken cacciatore is a classic Mediterranean chicken dish from Italy.

Steps to make Chicken Cacciatore:

1. Spray the chicken with Spray2Cook and then season with the pepper. Fry off the chicken pieces in a hot fry pan sprayed with Spray2Cook until browned all over.
2. Transfer to a slow cooker set to hot or a large lidded fry-pan on medium heat. Smother with the mushrooms.
3. Microwave the onion and peppers for 2 minutes and transfer to the first fry pan re-sprayed with Spray2Cook.
4. Add the tomatoes and the herbs. Cook for 2 minutes before pouring over the chicken and mushrooms.
5. Deglaze the fry pan with the wine / canned mushroom liquor and add to the cooking vessel.
6. Blend the cornstarch with a little water (adding slowly) and then add the blended cornstarch to as the cacciatore just starts to bubble.
7. Allow it re-boil before turning to a gentle simmer to cook for 4 hours.
8. Near the end of the cooking time take six tablespoons of the liquor from the pot and add to the sofritto vegetables. Microwave for 4 minutes, stir then microwave for another 4 minutes after adding more liquor if needed. Blend the sofritto in a hand blender and add to the cacciatore. (Picture taken before the addition of the sofritto).
9. Serve with pasta (add the calories!).

What can I serve with chicken cacciatore? Chicken cacciatore is a classic Mediterranean chicken dish from Italy. This is my favorite recipe made with chicken thighs, tomatoes, herbs, and olives. Chicken Cacciatore generally involves browning chicken pieces in a pot over high heat, then sauteing a mix of vegetables—onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes—in the same pot. Spices are added, followed by a little wine, and the chicken and veggies are allowed to cook together in the oven long enough for magic to happen… Traditionally, chicken cacciatore is a stew of slow-simmered chicken (or rabbit) parts cooked with tomatoes, vegetables like green peppers and mushrooms, and a splash of wine or vinegar.

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