INGREDIENTS:
Here are the ingredients that you have to prepare for the chicken cacciatore: eight chicken thighs without skin and bones, two tablespoons of all purpose flour, salt and pepper that you can add in taste for sure! If you want to save some money, you can buy chicken thighs with skin and bones and prepare it at home. Then, you will need two tablespoons of olive oil. We are making Italian chicken recipe so it is better to use extra virgin olive oil. To make the thick sauce, the needed ingredients are: a diced onion, three minced garlic gloves, a chopped sweet green pepper, a teaspoon of Italian herb seasoning, a can of diced conserved tomatoes, and a half cup of chicken stock, third tomato paste and fresh parsley. Conserved tomatoes add a taste of authenticity within chicken cacciatore recipes but you can use fresh tomatoes if you do not like conserved vegetables taste.
DIRECTION:
To realize this chicken cacciatore recipe, you have to start with the preparation of the chicken. Season your chicken thighs with salt and pepper then rob it smoothly with the all purpose flour. Heat a part of your olive oil with medium high heat on a saucepan. Let the chicken brown on all side before reserving it on a dry plate. Be sure that all the excessive fat on the chicken are drained before you reserve it. Now, you are going to heat all the remaining oil on the same saucepan in order to fry green pepper, Italian seasoning, onion and garlic. These ingredients will become tender after four minutes of frying so you can stir in the reserved tomatoes and add the chicken stock. Ounce by ounce you will also add the tomato paste and let the mixture boil. Do not cover your saucepan while you bring the sauce to boil. The, add your chicken thighs to the sauce, simmer it well and do not forget to reduce heat so the sauce will thicken. After thirty minutes, the chicken will be fully cooked so stop the cooking and chop your parsley. When you serve, sprinkle the freshly chopped parsley on the dish.
DESCRIPTION:
Chicken cacciatore recipes are popular among Italian food addict! For today, we have a chicken cacciatore recipe which is classical even if we added some few explanations to make it more authentic. This chicken recipe is a new guidance for cookers of every level. In order to let the cookers whom are as well readers comfortable with the use of this recipe, the ingredient section is given just after a prelude on Italian culinary tendency. After that the direction section is detailed as much as possible as if we were on a real time cooking séance. This chicken cacciatore recipe is meant fully to make you enjoy a delicious home-made Italian chicken recipe.
