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Chicken Cacciatore


Chicken Cacciatore

How to cook chicken Cacciatore quickly and easily? Here is the perfect recipe for a dream second course!

Chicken Cacciatore is not a simple chicken with tomato sauce, but a very noble recipe typical of Tuscan cuisine. It is an economical, substantial and delicious dish, perfect to serve on any occasion and which everyone will really like!

Like many traditional recipes , this one is also widespread throughout Italy and in different variations depending on the region: some use wine, some use broth, others use tomato puree and still others do it plain. Today we will see the traditional recipe, a white variant and also how to do it with the Thermomix. Are you ready? So follow us into the kitchen and let's get started right away!

Chicken pieces
Chicken pieces

Ingredients

For the chicken Cacciatore

  • Chicken pieces – 1
  • Peeled tomatoes – 400 g
  • Celery – 1 stalk
  • Carrot – 1
  • Onion – 1
  • Garlic – 1 clove
  • Red wine – 1 glass
  • Rosemary – 1 sprig
  • Chopped parsley – 1 tbsp
  • Extra virgin olive oil – 4 tablespoons
  • Fine salt – to taste
  • Pepper – to taste

Preparation

How to prepare the chicken Cacciatore recipe

1

Let's start with the meat: if you have chosen the whole chicken , clean it and cut it into pieces. Rinse the parts under running water, dry and leave aside. If present, removes any remaining feathers.

2

Finely chop the celery , carrot (after peeling it) and onion . Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the garlic , the freshly prepared sauté and the sprig of rosemary and leave for 10 minutes.

3

Add the chicken , skin side down, and brown for 3-4 minutes on each side before adding the red wine .

4

Add the peeled tomatoes crushed with your hands, salt and pepper and cover with the lid. Let the chicken cook for at least 40 minutes. At the end, flavor with fresh chopped parsley .

We also leave you a short video with all the steps to make it.

You can choose whether to prepare only chicken thighs and thighs , or also use breast and other parts. The choice is also yours whether to buy the whole bird or the one already in pieces (if you are not very practical, we suggest this option).

If you have little time, air fryer chicken Cacciatore is the recipe for you.

The most common variant of the dish involves the addition of 100 g of black olives together with the peeled tomatoes. However, chicken Cacciatore has crossed the Tuscan borders and today every family prepares it as they prefer. For example, the green light is to add other aromatic herbs (bay leaves, sage, thyme) or mushrooms . The best way to bring it to the table? Roast potatoes , and you will make everyone happy.

Chicken Cacciatore in white

As we anticipated, there are different variations of this dish, including the plain one. In this case , tomatoes are not used , but the dish can be flavored with olives and aromatic herbs to taste (rosemary, sage and bay leaves).

In this case, we also recommend using white wine to deglaze, which is more delicate and will give the dish a pleasant acidic note .

Preparation

How to prepare chicken Cacciatore with the Thermomix

1

Place celery , peeled carrot and onion in the bowl and chop for 10 seconds. speed 6. Spatulate the bottom and repeat before adding oil , garlic and rosemary and browning everything for 3 minutes. at 100°C speed. 1.

2

Add the chicken and brown it for 10 minutes. Varoma counterclockwise then blend with wine .

3

Now add the peeled tomatoes and cook for 40 minutes. 100°C speed Soft. Counterclockwise. Once cooked, flavor with chopped parsley. The chicken will be nice and soft: check that the inside of the meat is white (and no longer pink!) and serve.

Conservation

If you have leftover chicken Cacciatore, store it in an airtight container for about 2 days . If necessary, reheat it in a pan or in the microwave before enjoying it.

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