Chicken Cacciatore

  • Prep Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
  • Servings: 6
  • About This Recipe

    “This is a bunch of recipes I found on the internet meshed together – plus, I added a few of my own ideas! It as not as much work as it looks like – most of the ‘cook time’ is in the oven. Follow the recipe, and the chicken will ‘fall off the bone’. Delicious!”

    Ingredients

  • 6chicken legs, bone in( can remove skin if desired)
  • 4chicken thighs, bone in( can remove skin if desired)
  • 1/2 cupolive oil
  • 1cupflour
  • 1largeonion, chopped
  • 1largezucchini, diced
  • 5 -6clovesgarlic, crushed
  • fresh mushrooms, quartered
  • 1 (28ounce) cans tomatoes
  • fresh basil, chopped
  • 1/4 cupdry red wine
  • 2 -3bay leaves
  • 2tablespoonsItalian spices
  • 1cupparmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper
  • Directions

  • Mix salt, pepper& flour together.
  • Wash chicken (taking off excess skin& roll in flour mixture).
  • Put a little onion& a bit of the garlic& a few whole basil leaves in 3/4 the oil, then brown chicken on all sides in the oil.
  • Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels (May need to add more oil as you go along).
  • Remove gristle from pan, leaving the oil; add the onion& half the garlic and stir until onion is just wilted, then add, zucchini& mushrooms- cook, stirring for a moment (not long, it will also be cooking in the oven).
  • Place the browned chicken pieces into a large oven-proof casserole& pour the onion-veggie mixture over the chicken.
  • In the same frying pan, add the rest (1/4 cup) of the oil& add the other half of the garlic, then add the crushed tomatoes, bay leaves, Italian spices, and wine.
  • Simmer a few minutes.
  • Pour over the chicken, cover and bake in a 350 degree oven about 45 minutes or until the chicken is done; then, uncover the chicken, top with chopped basil& parmesan and bake an additional 15-20 minutes to allow cheese to melt& sauce to thicken.
  • Serve with white rice with a little of the sauce on top.
  • Note: To reduce fat& calories, you can remove the skin from the chicken& omit the olive oil from the sauce.
  • I prefer to remove the skin while eating- the basil& chesse form a kind of crust so you can still have that without the skin.
  • Cooking with the skin on keeps the chicken moist.
  • Reviews

  • “Very good, I will make this again!I used peppers in leiu of mushrooms and zucchini and used boneless chicken breasts.The chicken was incredibly moist.I would recommend making extra sauce if you plan on serving this with pasta.”

  • “This was delicious!I added a green pepper for texture.Served with a lemon risotto recipe from this site, great combination!”

  • “I loved this!The only changes I made was to use frozen mixed grilled vegetables in place of the veggies in the recipe.I also did not have bay leaves and I used white wine instead of red because I drank the last of the red (oops!).Last but not least I used skinless breasts to cut down on the fat. It wasn’t dry at all.I used convection to bake it but I think with all the juice from vegetables and tomatoes, it really stays moist. SO good the next day or two later!”

  • “Hey this was great!We had to substitute peppers, and had to use canned mushrooms, but this dish was a hit!Thanks for sharing!”

  • “I am not usually fussy for chicken cacciatore but decided to give this a try. We thought it was great! I used a few breasts and legs, reduced the olive oil to 1/4 Cand threw in a bit of green pepper that needed to be used up.Because it was quite a hot day, I cooked it start to finish in an electric skillet which worked great.I served it over recipe #368427. I will certainly make this many more times. Thanks for the recipe!”

  • “Thanks for sharing this recipe. I used skinless boneless thighs but other then that stuck. to the recipe”

  • “I made this recipe the other night and it was just delicious! It sounds a lot more involved than it actually is, mostly because of the long list of ingredients. I had to make some substitutions since I didn’t have everything listed: instead of zuchini, I used green pepper; instead of fresh mushrooms, I used canned, and instead of red wine, I used white wine. Also, I only used a total of about six or seven pieces of chicken. The sauce was delicious, very zesty and really enhanced the rice and the chicken. Overall, this is a very delicious and versatile recipe. Thanks for posting it, Grace 32!”

  • “Delicious over white rice”

  • “I followed the recipe to the letter and it was WONDERFUL!I served it over white rice also and LOVED it!Thanks so much!”

  • “Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! I added green peppers to the mix and really didn’t need so much flour, and it turned would wonderfully. I served over sauteed bean sprouts. My new favourtie meal!”

  • “I liked it, but my husband thought it was only okay.I haven’t had chicken cacciatore in ages as the Italian places here don’t seem to offer it so I thought I would try to make it myself.I liked the flavour, I think that probably needs the bell peppers like some of the other reviewers did.If I make again, I would do it without the skin as well as that is the way I always had it before..”

  • “Very flavorful, definitely a keeper. Thanks for posting.”

  • “This is truly a fantastic recipe.Easy but very impressive.From the smell of it cooking, to the flavors when you dip your bread in the sauce, superb!”

  • “This was a great meal.I made this for dinner tonight.Everything came together quickly & easily.The results were very tasty & enjoyed by us both.I didn’t coat the chicken in flour, but otherwise followed directions.Next time I’ll use chicken thigh fillets for convenience.Thanks Grace for sharing this keeper.”

  • “I LOVE this recipe!The sauce was great and I served it with rice.VERY GOOD!!”

  • “This is my new favorite recipe!!This was wonderful!!Thanks so much!”

  • “Loved the veggies, very good. Thank you!”

  • “We all loved this! The only thing I really did different was use diced fire roasted tomatoes instead of crushed. It made the sauce thinner than I was looking for but it was still packed with flavor. We added more parmesan cheese at the table and that helped tighten it up a bit. I will probably make it this way again because it’s still very tasty without being heavy. Thanx!”

  • “This was an awesome change of pace for us! I wanted something different than the same dishes I usually make and this was just the ticket. I changed it up a little by using boneless skinless chicken breast and added green pepper since we love them so much, but other than that followed the recipe to a T. Served over white rice and we had a winner of a Sunday dinner. Thank you so much for the post.”

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