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Chicken Cacciatore

With this recipe you'll put a delicious and nutritious meal made with fresh ingredients on the table. The ingredient list may look long, but trust me, it's worth it. And while the dish is in the oven for an hour, you can tidy up the kitchen or take a look at all the other delicious recipes on the Cookinglife Blog!

Recipe

Chicken Cacciatore

an Italian hunter's stew

Course Main course
Kitchen Italian
Servings 2 servings

Preparation time

Preparation time 30 min
Time in oven 10 min
Total 1 hour 30 min

Equipment

  • Oven set to 190 °C
  • Ovenproof casserole dish

Ingredients

  • 2 slices smoked pancetta
  • 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled, sliced
  • 1 onion, peeled, cut into wedges
  • 1 leek, sliced
  • ½ butternut squash, peeled, cut into pieces
  • 300 g sweet potato, peeled, cut into pieces
  • 100 g chestnut mushrooms
  • 2 cans peeled tomatoes (400 g each)
  • 250 ml Chianti or other red wine
  • 4 chicken thighs, bone-in
  • 12 black olives
  • 200 g bread of your choice

Chicken Cacciatore

    1. Preheat the oven to 190 °C. Finely chop the pancetta and the rosemary needles. Heat a little oil in the pan, add the pancetta, rosemary and bay leaves and stir for 2 minutes. Then finely chop the garlic, onion and leek, add them to the pan and let cook—stirring occasionally—for 10 minutes.
    2. Meanwhile wash and cut the squash, sweet potato and mushrooms and add them to the stew.
    3. Remove the skin from the chicken thighs and place them in the pan. Pour in the wine, let it reduce slightly and then add the tomatoes. To get all the juice from the cans, fill them halfway with water, shake them and add the water with the tomato juices to the pan.
    4. Pit the olives and add them. Bring everything to a boil and then put the pan in the oven for one hour. The cacciatore will thicken and is ready when the squash and sweet potato are tender and the chicken falls off the bone.
    5. Taste once more, season with salt and pepper and serve the dish with freshly baked bread so you can dip into the sauce. Enjoy!

Chicken Cacciatore is a classic Italian stew that owes its name to the hunter tradition. The combination of chicken thighs, squash, sweet potato and red wine creates a rich, full flavour that's perfect for the cold season. Letting the dish simmer in the oven for an hour allows all the flavours to meld.

Serve the Chicken Cacciatore in deep bowls so all the delicious stew juices can really shine. A piece of fresh bread on the side is ideal for dipping into the sauce. This dish is also fantastic the next day, as the flavours deepen after a night of resting.