Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs
- 2 chicken breasts with skin and backbone, halved crosswise
- 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour, for dredging
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 ( 28-ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tablespoons drained capers
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves
Directions
Sprinkle the chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon of each salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour to coat lightly.
In a large heavy saute pan, heat the oil over a medium-high flame. Add the chicken pieces to the pan and saute just until brown, about 5 minutes per side. If all the chicken does not fit in the pan, saute it in 2 batches. Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside. Add the bell pepper, onion and garlic to the same pan and saute over medium heat until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes with their juice, broth, capers and oregano. Return the chicken pieces to the pan and turn them to coat in the sauce. Bring the sauce to a simmer. Continue simmering over medium-low heat until the chicken is just cooked through, about 30 minutes for the breast pieces, and 20 minutes for the thighs.
Using tongs, transfer the chicken to a platter. If necessary, boil the sauce until it thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Spoon off any excess fat from atop the sauce. Spoon the sauce over the chicken, then sprinkle with the basil and serve.
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By kortnie83
on May 24, 2012
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Best recipe ever! I substitute boneless skinless chicken breasts when I make this. Also I serve it over a bed of thin spaghetti coated in butter, garlic and basil. So good!
By judith42
on May 22, 2012
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Very good! will make it again. I doubled the recipe & used crushed tomatoes. I did miss the mushrooms. Next time I will add mushrooms. my whole family loved it!
By LorriP
Rice, VA
on May 20, 2012
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Very good! Missing Mushrooms and I usually add a bit more seasoning but this works as a basic sauce. I never add bell peppers to anything but I did add one can of tomatoe puree and one can of diced peppers then cooked them down a bit to reduce the liquid and then added the browned chicken, I then cooked up two italian sausage links that I had left over spooned some of the sauce in at the end to give the flavor of the sausage to the sauce and transferred the sauce and sausage into the orginial pan. ( I cut up the links into small pieces prior to the transfer. Adding a bit a mozzerrella and parmesean to the end on top of fresh pasta and you have a deadly good combo
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