Chicken Cacciatore

Name: Chicken Cacciatore
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 8-12 chicken portions; Salt and pepper; Salt and pepper; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 red pepper, chopped; 2 carrots, chopped; 3 cloves of garlic, crushed; 1 tsp dried thyme; Handful of dried porcini or button mushrooms; 100 ml red wine; 200 ml chicken stock (100 ml if using dried porcini mushrooms); 200 ml chicken stock (100 ml if using dried porcini mushrooms); 1 x 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes; 1 x 400 g tin of cherry tomatoes; 50 g pitted black olives

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

Also known as Hunter’s Stew, Chicken Cacciatore is a rustic Italian dish packed with Mediterranean flavour. I’ve written this recipe so that it works as a traybake, but it can be easily adapted for cooking on the hob as outlined below in the method.

Ingredients

8-12 chicken portions
Salt and pepper
1 tbsp olive oil

Europe
Italy
Stew
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°c fan and if using dried porcini mushrooms, soak them in 100ml of boiling water. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.

Heat the oil in an ovenproof pan on the hob. Add the seasoned chicken skin side down to cook for 5 minutes until crisp, then remove