14
Nov
This is one of those recipes I found years ago in an old tattered Italian cookbook. Heat the olive oil in a very large non-stick sauce pan or pot.
Put all into a baking dish stir and cover.
Boneless chicken cacciatore recipe italian. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In dutch oven or similar heavy pan on medium-high heat saute onions celery carrots and peppers in about 18 c. Cacciatore pronounced Kah-Chuh-Taw-Ree means hunter in Italian.
Thus chicken cacciatore means chicken that is prepared alla cacciatore or hunter style. Traditionally chicken cacciatore is a stew of slow-simmered chicken or rabbit parts cooked with tomatoes vegetables like green peppers and mushrooms and a splash of wine or vinegar. Dredge the chicken in flour shaking off the excess.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and sauté the chicken breast halves until lightly browned about 2 minutes on each side. Add the diced onions and sauté until lightly browned. Drain excess oil from skillet and add the tomato sauce white wine Marsala stock and butter.
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. Season chicken with salt pepper to taste. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to a 12-inch high skillet and brown over medium-high heat about 5 minutes per side.
Remove from pan and set aside. In the same skillet add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Stir in peppers onion and mushrooms.
Cook for about 7-8 minutes or just until the vegetables. Heat the olive oil in a very large non-stick sauce pan or pot. Add the garlic and cook for a minute or two at a medium heat.
Add the chicken stirring until the outside is no longer pink. Add the mushrooms and cook for several minutes. Remove the skin and trim any fat from each of the chicken pieces.
Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat and brown the chicken pieces well on both sides about 4 minutes per side. Cacciatore means hunter in Italian and alla cacciatora translates to a hunter-style meal with chicken or rabbit onions tomatoes herbs vegetables and usually wine or vinegar. This is one of those recipes I found years ago in an old tattered Italian cookbook.
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