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Chicken Cacciatore
Recipe video above. I love this chicken stew, made with simple ingredients that's so cosy and comforting. Also known as Hunter's Stew, this is made with a tomato sauce that's rich with red wine, herbs, and Kalamata olives. While there are various regional variations, capsicum (bell peppers) and mushrooms are typical vegetable inclusions though I've also seen varieties using fennel which is so distinctly Italian too (finely slice and sauté). Serve over mash or polenta for the perfect cosy evening meal.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 10m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 55 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Chicken:
2
Season - Spread the chicken out on a tray. Sprinkle both sides with the salt and pepper.
3
Brown skin - Heat the oil over high heat in a large, deep, heavy based pan, preferably one with a lid (Note 4). Place the chicken thighs in the pan, skin side down, and cook until the skin is golden brown, around ⏱️ 6 minutes. Turn and cook the flesh side for just ⏱️ 1 minute, then remove the chicken onto the same tray. Then add the drumsticks and brown each side as best you can, about 1 1/⏱️ 2 minutes on each side (the shape makes it awkward). Remove onto the tray.
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Cacciatore:
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Onion - Pour off and discard all but about 2 tablespoons of fat. Turn the heat down to medium and let the pan cool slightly. Add the onion, rosemary leaves, bay leaves and dried oregano. Cook for ⏱️ 3 minutes until the onion is starting to soften.
onion (, halved, finely sliced)1bay leaves (, preferably fresh else dried)2dried oregano1 tsp
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Garlic and anchovies - Clear a space in the middle of the pan. Add the anchovies and garlic, cooking, mashing up the anchovies, until the garlic is light golden, then stir it into the onion.
onion (, halved, finely sliced)1
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Vegetables & tomato paste - Turn the heat back up to high. Add the mushroom and capsicum. Stir until softened - about ⏱️ 5 minutes (the mushrooms will go watery then the water will evaporate). Add the tomato paste and cook for ⏱️ 2 minutes to cook out the sour flavour - do not shortcut this.
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Sauce - Add the wine. Stir, bring to simmer then allow to reduce by around 75%. Add the stock, canned tomato, salt and pepper. Stir, bring to a simmer.
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Simmer - Then carefully place the chicken into the sauce (skin side up) and pour any juices on the tray in as well. When the liquid returns to a simmer, cover, reduce the heat to medium then simmer energetically for ⏱️ 20 minutes. Remove lid, add olives, simmer for a further ⏱️ 10 minutes (no lid). This will reduce and thicken the sauce.
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Serve - Serve the chicken with plenty of sauce over mashed potato or polenta, sprinkled with parsley if desired.
Mashed potato ( or polenta)
Nutrition Facts
calories
495 kcal
fat Content
30 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
8 g
sodium Content
976 mg
protein Content
37 g
trans Fat Content
0.1 g
cholesterol Content
185 mg
carbohydrate Content
15 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
unsaturated Fat Content
19 g
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