Chicken Cacciatora

Name: Chicken Cacciatora (Polio alla Cacciatora)
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4 as a main course or 6 as part of a multicourse Italian meal
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 medium yellow onion; Pinch crushed red pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; Salt; 12 ounces ripe tomatoes; 1 chicken, about 3½ pounds; 3 medium carrots; ½ yellow bell pepper

Polio alla Cacciatora

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a main course

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

About

Literally “hunter’s chicken, ” there are probably as many permutations of this dish as there are hunters in Italy. Probably it began as a preparation for whatever game was brought home. Basically the meat is braised with tomatoes and sometimes other vegetables until very tender. The recipe below is the way I like to make it.

Ingredients

3 medium carrots
½ yellow bell pepper
12 ounces ripe tomatoes

Europe
Italy
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Peel the carrots and cut into 1½ × ¼-inch sticks. Core, seed, and peel the pepper. Cut away any white pith inside the pepper and cut it into 1×½-inch sticks. Peel the tomatoes and coarsely chop.
Cut the chicken into 12 pieces as described. Put the olive o