Easy Chicken Cacciatore
I love Italian food and I prefer to create it from scratch, but sometimes I don’t have the time or the energy to do it or the fresh herbs and veggies in the house. So I cheat!
One of my favorite easy recipes is Chicken Cacciatore, a traditional Italian dish of chicken braised in a tomato and white wine sauce with vegetables. It is sometimes referred to as Hunter’s Stew – “Alla Cacciatora” means “Hunter’s Style” in Italian. This is a great winter dish and with this recipe it practically cooks itself.
Recipe
Ingredients:
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1½ to 2 pounds boneless chicken breast
• 16 oz can stewed tomatoes
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat parsley
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1 small can pitted black olives
• 1 small can cut green beans
Preparation:
Heat oil to medium-high in a large frying pan. Combine flour, salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in seasoned flour. Cook a few minutes on each side until brown.
Lightly chop the tomatoes in a food processor and add to the pan. Add all remaining ingredients except the olives. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add olives, cook another 10 to 15 minutes.
Serve over polenta in the traditional northern style or over pasta.
Under My Apple Tree 
Stewed tomatoes and olives in the same dish sounds heavenly to me!
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I just made it a few days ago. So yummy on a cold night.
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This is cheating because the herbs are dried and the vegetables canned??! Don’t be so hard on yourself, woman. 😉 This sounds magnificent!
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It feels like cheating because it really is so easy. And, because I spend hours and hours pureeing my tomato harvest to make pasta sauce.
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Oh this sounds and looks delicious!
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Oh my, this sounds so yummy especially over polenta. It kind of makes the cereal I’m having for supper today not so tasty anymore. Lol.
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Wow! This looks really good–and easy! I make chicken cacciatore fairly often, and serve it with spaghetti. I will have to try this elegant recipe. 🙂
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What could be easier? This is a great weekday dish — and warming and good for the winter.
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Terrific dish for warming up in the winter time!
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Nice and easy — one of my fave go-to comfort dishes :).
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I’m looking for a new chicken cacciatore recipe, this one sounds like one I should try.
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Love the black olives in this recipe. Pinned it.
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Mmm… I can almost taste this! Hearty and delicious. Thanks for sharing!
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I had no idea what that name of this dish meant. thanks for clearing that up. now I am chuckling at the image of the chicken hunter.
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This looks like a good go-to dish after a long day at work. I will certainly be trying it!
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This looks amazing! I’ll definitely be trying this too.
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Looks and sounds very good. I might have to do something Italian tonight…. Have a good week.
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I love Italian food too and this recipe looks great! Thanks for sharing it!
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