Chicken Cacciatore
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Recipe type: Main, Chicken, Pasta
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 1 pound Pasta
  • 1 whole chicken, cut up
  • Salt And Freshly Ground Black Pepper, To Taste
  • ½ cups All-purpose Flour
  • 4 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 2 red bell peppers, sliced
  • 2 green bell peppers, sliced
  • 5 cloves Garlic, minced
  • 12oz crimini mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ teaspoons Ground Thyme
  • ¼ teaspoons Turmeric
  • ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt
  • Red Pepper Flakes, Crushed, To Taste (optional)
  • ¾ cups Dry White Wine
  • 1 can (28 Ounce) Diced Tomatoes (with Their Juice)
  • Chopped Flat Leaf Parsley
  • Parmesan Cheese, For Sprinkling
Preparation Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).
  2. Salt and pepper both sides of the pieces of chicken. Dredge chicken in flour. Heat olive oil and butter in a heavy skillet or Dutch oven on the stovetop over medium-high heat. Place chicken skin down in pan, four pieces at a time. Brown chicken on both sides, then remove to a clean plate. Repeat with remaining chicken. If you end up with a lot of fat in the pan you can pour off the excess, but I usually have to add more.
  3. Add sliced onions and peppers, as well as the garlic. Stir around for 1 minute.
  4. Add mushrooms and stir around for 1 minute.
  5. Add thyme, turmeric, and salt. (And crushed red pepper flakes if you like things a little spicy.)
  6. Add extra black pepper to taste. Stir, then pour in wine. Allow to bubble.
  7. Pour in canned tomatoes and stir to combine. Add chicken back into the pan, skin side up, without totally submerging the chicken. Place lid on the pot and put it into the oven for 45 minutes. Remove lid and increase heat to 375 degrees. Cook for an additional 15 minutes.
  8. Bring salted water to boil in a large pot and cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
  9. Remove pan from the oven.
  10. Drain the pasta and serve with a little chopped fresh parsley and grated Parmesan.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2011/04/chicken-cacciatore/