Barb's Best-Ever Chicken Cacciatore

Submitted by professor.denise

"From my aunt Barb. Easily the easiest, best cacciatore recipe I have ever had. Super tasty with pasta or polenta."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 whole chicken, cut into 6 or 8 pieces
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dry oregano
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can mushrooms
• 1 green pepper, chopped (good if you like green pepper taste, I don't use it) (optional)

directions

1. Mix all ingredients except chicken in saucepan and simmer 15 minutes.
2. Place chicken pieces in 9 x 13 inch pan, skin side up.
3. Salt and pepper.
4. Pour sauce mixture over chicken.
5. Bake about 1 1/2 hours in 350° preheated oven, uncovered.
6. Do not stir or turn chicken.
7. Chicken will be brown.
8. Serve with pasta or rice or polenta.

Reviews

[FrVanilla]

I used already cooked and shredded chicken, so i just sauted the veggies (used fresh mushrooms and added an onion), added the tom paste, stock and chicken then simmered. Served with rice and it was soooo good.

 

[joanna_giselle]

I increased the recipe by half and used 2 large chicken stock cubes with 3 cups of water. It was absolutely delicious and very easy to make. Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[Private]

Easy and delicious. However, I recommend following the amounts as listed because I added too much liquid. It's perfect without any changes.

 

[Gerry]

Finding good chicken recipes to add variety to our meals make my day. This one has great flavor and taste and made for a delicious supper for four. We love green peppers so adding them was a given!This one is in my keeper file! Thank you Kasha,for posting this family pleasing recipe.

 

[Glittergirl]

This was easy and very good , I added some small chopped zucchinni and it was served over Polenta,very delicious and simple dish . A great dinner, thanks for sharing the recipe. Glittergirl