Chicken Cacciatore
The hunter's chicken of central Italy — thighs browned and braised with peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, red wine, rosemary and olives until the meat falls from the bone and the sauce turns thick.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg chicken thighs and drumsticks, skin on
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 200 g chestnut mushrooms, quartered
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 150 ml dry red wine
- 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 80 g black olives
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 3415 kcal · P 329.2g · C 67.3g · F 188.3g
Estimated from 10 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper and leave for 15 minutes while you prepare the vegetables.
- 2Heat the oil in a wide casserole over medium-high heat and brown the chicken skin-side down for 6–7 minutes until deep golden, then turn for 2 minutes more. Lift out.
- 3Pour off all but 2 tbsp of the fat, add the onion and pepper and cook over medium heat for 6 minutes until soft.
- 4Add the mushrooms and garlic and cook for 4 minutes, until the mushrooms colour.
- 5Pour in the wine and let it bubble for 2 minutes, scraping the bottom, then add the tomatoes and rosemary.
- 6Return the chicken and its juices, skin-side up so the skin stays above the sauce. Cover and simmer gently for 35 minutes.
- 7Uncover, add the olives and simmer for 10 minutes more, until the sauce has thickened and the meat is tender to the bone.
- 8Remove the rosemary stalks, taste for salt and pepper and serve hot from the pan.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken Cacciatore take to make?
About 80 minutes: 20 min prep and 60 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken Cacciatore?
12 ingredients: chicken thighs and drumsticks, olive oil, onion, red pepper, chestnut mushrooms, garlic cloves, dry red wine, tinned chopped tomatoes, rosemary, black olives, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Chicken Cacciatore recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Cacciatore?
About 854 kcal, with 82.3 g protein, 16.8 g carbohydrate and 47.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Chicken Cacciatore recipe suit?
It is gluten-free and dairy-free.
What cuisine is Chicken Cacciatore?
Chicken Cacciatore comes from Italian cuisine.
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