Best 5 Italian Chicken Cacciatore Recipes

ITALIAN CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook onion, stirring often, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a pot.
• Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Toss chicken thighs in the flour mixture until evenly coated.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in the skillet over medium heat, add chicken thighs, and brown on one side, without turning, for 5 minutes. Turn and cook until browned on the other side, about 5 minutes more. Transfer browned chicken thighs to the pot.
• Pour white wine into the skillet; bring to a boil. Stir to loosen all the browned bits of chicken and flavors in the skillet pour into the pot. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and sugar; season with salt and pepper. Add as much chicken stock as needed to cover the chicken. Cover pot and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 45 minutes.
• Stir in olives, parsley, and basil. Stir to heat through.

ITALIAN CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with the salt, pepper, and flour, shaking to remove the excess flour. Heat 4 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large non-stick high-sided frying pan set on high heat. (I use my electric frying pan for this.) Add the chicken to the pan and cook until well-browned, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside.
• Save the chicken fat left in the pan, adding enough of the oil to make 4 tablespoons Cook the onion and bay leaves over medium heat till tender. Add the garlic, pancetta, red pepper flakes, and half of the parsley. Cook for 3 minutes. Pour in the wine and cook for 3 minutes, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan. Add the tomatoes and their juice, the chicken stock, tomato sauce, and browned chicken pieces. Break the tomatoes into smaller pieces. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer uncovered for 15-20 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a serving dish. Cook the sauce 5 more minutes. Taste for salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle the remaining parsley on top and serve.
• (I have also posted the recipes for the homemade chicken stock and the homemade basic tomato sauce if anyone needs it.).

WW CORE ITALIAN CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Put all into a baking dish, stir and cover.
• Bake 45 minute Uncover and stir.
• Continue to cook the veggies are to your liking and the chicken is cooked.
• Meanwhile, boil water for pasta and cook.
• Or nuke red or white potatoes.

ITALIAN INN CHICKEN CACCIATORE

Steps:

• Heat 1 T oil in medium skillet over high heat. Season chicken with salt & pepper. Cook in.
• the skillet until browned on both sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Wipe out skillet, and heat another tablespoon of olive oil. Add mushrooms and cook until.
• browned, about 5 minutes, set aside. Reduce heat to low.
• Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in skillet, add onion, celery, and garlic, cook stirring, until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. DO NOT BURN GARLIC
• Add wine, raise heat to high. Cook until wine is almost evaporated, about 30 seconds.
• Add tomatoes, yellow peppers, rosemary and stock. Season with salt & pepper. Stir to
• combine. Add chicken and mushrooms, bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low, cover.
• and simmer until chicken is tender, about 30 minutes. Serve with your favorite pasta.

CHICKEN CACCIATORE - SLOW COOKED TO ITALIAN PERFECTION

Steps:

• Pour dressing into a zip-lock plastic bag; add chicken pieces and refrigerate for an hour.
• Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan.
• Mix the flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together; lightly dredge chicken in the seasoned flour.
• Brown the chicken pieces on both sides and transfer to crock pot when done.
• Sauté onion until translucent in the olive oil used to brown the chicken; add wine and 2 tablespoons of the tomato paste to deglaze the pan. Transfer to crock pot.
• Stir together remaining 2 cans of tomato paste and all the ingredients EXCEPT for the bay leaf, olives, garbanzo beans, capers, and Parmesan cheese; spread over chicken in crock pot.
• Lay bay leaf on top of chicken; cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 9 hours (HIGH: 3 to 4 hours).
• During the last hour of cooking, add the olives, garbanzo beans and capers. If at this time the sauce appears too thin, add 1 or 2 tablespoons of tomato paste to thicken slightly.
• To serve, discard the bay leaf and arrange the chicken over your favorite hot pasta; ladle with sauce and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.