Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken Cacciatore is a traditional Southern Italian recipe with gusto. Grab a glass of vino, don a bright red apron and say it like this: Pollo alla Cacciatora. Simple, hearty and deliciozo!
Ingredients
- 8 Waitoa free range chicken thighs bone in
- 750 ml Red wine a bottle of your preferred drop
- 1 Tbsp Olivado olive oil
- ½ tsp Sea salt
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper freshly ground
- ¼ cup plain flour
- 100 g pancetta diced
- 1 stick Celery diced
- 1 Onion diced
- 1 medium Carrot diced
- 2 Garlic cloves chopped
- ¼ cup Superb Herb Oregano freshly picked and chopped
- 1 cup Chicken stock
- 100 g pitted black olives
- ¼ cup Superb Herb Italian Parsley freshly picked and chopped
- Dash of Olivado olive oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, marinade the chicken thighs in red wine. After 30 minutes to one hour, remove the chicken, pat each piece dry with a paper towel and set aside the wine for the sauce later. Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper and lightly dust with the flour.
- Heat the olive oil in a large casserole or saucepan over a medium temperature and brown the chicken pieces in the pan until golden and fragrant. Once the thighs are evenly coloured, remove from the pan and set aside, covered.
- Return the pan, with the reserved juices, to the heat. Add the pancetta, diced vegetables and garlic. Sauté for three minutes until the onion is clear. Place the browned chicken, fresh oregano and reserved red wine all back in the saucepan. Pour over the stock until the chicken is just covered.
- Bring to the boil then reduce heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes until the chicken is tender. Remove from the heat and allow to rest for 20 minutes. If you're serving your dish with a side of pasta, rice or rustic Italian bread, prepare this whilst your chicken is resting and the sauce thickens. To serve, garnish the chicken cacciatore with olives, parsley and an extra drizzle of olive oil.
Notes
Extra Chicken Cacciatore tips:
Replace the red wine with white wine for a more Northern Italian twist.
If you'd rather omit the wine, replace with a tin or two of crushed tomatoes.
If you don't have fresh herbs, use 1 Tablespoon each of dried herbs, even adding in rosemary.
Cacciatore means "hunted" in Italian so a very traditional recipe that could also be prepared with rabbit (coniglio alla cacciatora).
If you'd rather omit the wine, replace with a tin or two of crushed tomatoes.
If you don't have fresh herbs, use 1 Tablespoon each of dried herbs, even adding in rosemary.
Cacciatore means "hunted" in Italian so a very traditional recipe that could also be prepared with rabbit (coniglio alla cacciatora).
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