Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

A very simple Italian chicken recipe that is a firm favorite in our home. Chicken Cacciatore is probably the best known Italian chicken recipe that exists but there are some other great chicken recipe like Chicken Marengo.

Chicken Cacciatore means hunter's chicken in Italian and basically the name comes from the old days when the hunter would come home with a pheasant for the pot.

You can still use pheasant too if you prefer. It's actually a lot nicer with pheasant but chicken's easier and cheaper.

Ingredients

2 lbs. chicken pieces

6 Tbs. of olive oil

1 small carrot

1 green pepper

1 red pepper

1 stalk of celery

1 lb. of tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped

salt, pepper

1 bay leaf

1 glass of dry white wine

1 oz. of dried mushrooms

1 clove of garlic

1/2 cup of chicken broth

1 Tbs. of chopped parsley

Instructions

1) Wash and dry the cut up chicken pieces. Saute the carrot, celery, peppers, onion and garlic in the olive oil. When tender, but not crisp, add the chicken pieces, salt and pepper, bay leaf and let brown over high flame.

2) Add the white wine and when the wine has evaporated, add a few mushrooms, the tomatoes and the 1/2 cup of chicken broth. Cook for about 1 hour over a medium heat.

3) When ready remove from heat, add the chopped parsley and arrange in a heated serving platter.

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