Recipe of the Week – Chicken Cacciatore
February 13, 2008
Chicken Cacciatore
(from the Chicken Entree collection at emealsforyou.com)
Growing up in central New Jersey we had many ethnic restaurants to choose from. In Trenton there is a section of town known by the locals as the “Burg”; short for Chambersburg. This area featured an Italian restaurant on just almost every corner. There was one restaurant in the “Burg” named Roman Hall. We would go there with family and friends to enjoy the great comfort meals usually cooked lovingly by the grandmother of the owners. Roman Hall’s specialty was Chicken Cacciatore.
Now, many of you have had cacciatore but I am betting it was chicken smothered in a heavy tomato sauce with black olives. Roman Hall’s was cooked in a white wine sauce with onions and mushrooms and lots of garlic. Traditionally it was served with a side of “pencil points”, penne pasta with tomato sauce. This way you got the best of both worlds, you actually tasted the wonderful stewed chicken in the wine sauce and still got your tomato sauce fix with the pencil points.
I have recreated this great comfort meal for you. Add some “pencil points”, a salad and some warm Italian bread and you have a meal that you will remember for quite a while. If you don’t have a favorite tomato sauce or want to try ours sign on to www.emealsforyou.com to view our scalable recipe. Enjoy!!!
Chicken Cacciatore
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Chicken Entrée |
| Meal: | I Need Comfort Food (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 4 | lb | chicken, whole, cut up |
| 3 | medium | onion, yellow ,quartered |
| 1 | lb | mushrooms, quartered |
| 8 | cloves | garlic, chopped |
| 0.25 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 1 | tsp | celery seeds |
| 2 | medium | bay leaves, whole dried |
| 1 | cup | wine, dry white |
| 1 | 15 oz can | chicken broth |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt and pepper to taste |
Brown chicken in oil, add onions, mushrooms and garlic sauté for 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, simmer for 30 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
Note: If you prefer red sauce, add 1 LB diced tomatoes, 2 TB tomato paste and substitute red wine for the white wine.
This is from the I Need Comfort Food (Quick Meal Planner) meal; for more meal plans and recipes like this go to emealsforyou.com
Entry Filed under: Dinners. Tags: celery seed, chicken, chicken cacciatore, comfort food, Italian cooking, mushrooms.
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