8 December, 2025
Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken Cacciatore
Equipment
- Dutch oven
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs
- 28 oz tomatoes whole, peeled
- 2 Bell peppers mulit-colored
- 1 onion sweet or yellow
- 1 carrot
- 2 ribs celery
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil evoo
- 2 oz tomato paste
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp basil
- 1 tsp thyme
- ½ tsp marjoram
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- ½ cup red wine dry
- salt and pepper to taste
- 12 oz spaghetti
Instructions
- Rough chop the bell peppers and onions into bite sized pieces.
- Dice the carrot and celery.
- Mince the garlic.
- Put the tomatoes in a large bowl and crush by hand. Remove any stems or skins that may have been in the can.
- Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat.
- Lightly salt the chicken. Add the chicken, skin side down, to the Dutch oven and cook for about 4-5 minutes until skin is crispy. Then flip the chicken and continue to cook for another 4 minutes. Remove the chicken to a plate and cover with foil. The chicken will not be completely cooked at this time.
- Lower the heat to medium and use about a tbsp of water to deglaze the pan of any chicken fond. Immediately add the onions and a pinch of salt. Sweat the onions for about 4 minutes.
- Add the peppers, carrot, and celery to the pot and continue cooking another 4-5 minutes until the vegetables start to soften.
- Add the garlic, oregano, basil, thyme, and marjoram and cook another 30 seconds or so until you can smell the garlic.
- Turn the heat back up to medium high and add the tomatoes, wine, and balsamic vinegar. Bring to a low boil.
- Lower to a simmer and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the chicken back into the pot and cook covered for 30 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato paste to thicken the sauce.
- Cook spaghetti according to directions.
- Serve over spaghetti
Notes
Instead of using whole chicken pieces, substitute cut chicken pieces. Take 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs and cut into 1 inch chunks. During the chicken cooking step, cook the chicken chunks until they start to brown.
Add mushrooms if desired. Slice mushrooms and add at the same time as the carrot and celery.