Indulge in the tantalizing flavors of Chicken Cacciatora with Fusilli, an aromatic Italian dish that marries juicy chicken, succulent vegetables, and delightful fusilli pasta in a captivating symphony of herbs and spices. Originating from the culinary haven of Northern Italy, this classic recipe promises a delectable journey that will tantalize your taste buds and warm your soul. Crafted with tender chicken pieces browned to perfection and then simmered in a vibrant sauce teeming with ripe tomatoes, aromatic onions, colorful bell peppers, and an array of herbs that evoke the essence of the Mediterranean countryside. Served atop a bed of perfectly cooked fusilli pasta, this dish embodies the perfect balance of flavors and textures, making it an irresistible choice for a comforting and satisfying meal. Alongside this main course, the article also presents a delightful selection of complementary recipes that will complete your culinary experience. Treat yourself to the refreshing flavors of a classic Caesar salad, featuring crisp romaine lettuce tossed in a creamy, tangy dressing and adorned with crunchy croutons and freshly shaved Parmesan cheese. For a flavorful side dish, explore the vibrant Mediterranean Orzo Salad, where tender orzo pasta mingles with an array of roasted vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes, zesty olives, and a zesty vinaigrette. And to satisfy your sweet cravings, indulge in the delectable Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, where moist banana bread embraces an abundance of rich chocolate chips, creating a harmonious blend of flavors that will leave you wanting more. Embark on a culinary adventure with Chicken Cacciatora with Fusilli and its accompanying recipes, and discover a world of flavors that will leave you craving for more.
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CHICKEN CACCIATORE
Try Giada De Laurentiis' Chicken Cacciatore recipe, a rustic poultry-vegetable hunter's stew, from Everyday Italian on Food Network.
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 55m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 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.
THE BEST CHICKEN CACCIATORE
This chicken cacciatore is a real stick-to-your ribs dinner. Dark meat chicken is seared and braised in a hearty wine and tomato sauce until tender for a rustic homestyle meal. We love it as-is with maybe just a side salad, but no one would be upset if you served it on a bed of creamy polenta!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 2h25m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil a large Dutch oven over medium heat.
- Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Working in batches, cook the chicken until golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer the browned chicken to a plate or baking sheet.
- Discard the oil. Put the pot over medium heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add the pancetta and cook, stirring, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the pancetta with a slotted spoon to a small plate.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the carrots, celery and onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and oregano and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the wine and scrape up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring frequently, until the liquid is reduced by about two-thirds, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and reserved pancetta. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Reduce the heat to low and bring the sauce to a gentle simmer. Cover partially and cook, stirring occasionally, until the flavors come together, 35 to 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Add the chicken skin-side up to the sauce, cover and transfer the pot to the oven. Cook until the chicken is cooked through and tender, 35 to 40 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken pieces to a serving platter and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
- If necessary, skim off any fat from the surface of the sauce with a large spoon or ladle and discard. Stir in the parsley and season with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the chicken and top with more parsley.
ITALIAN CHICKEN CACCIATORE
Chicken cacciatore is a classic Mediterranean chicken dish from Italy. This is my favorite recipe made with chicken thighs, tomatoes, herbs, and olives.
Provided by Ita
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 1h20m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook onion, stirring often, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a pot.
- Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Toss chicken thighs in the flour mixture until evenly coated.
- Heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in the skillet over medium heat, add chicken thighs, and brown on one side, without turning, for 5 minutes. Turn and cook until browned on the other side, about 5 minutes more. Transfer browned chicken thighs to the pot.
- Pour white wine into the skillet; bring to a boil. Stir to loosen all the browned bits of chicken and flavors in the skillet pour into the pot. Add diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and sugar; season with salt and pepper. Add as much chicken stock as needed to cover the chicken. Cover pot and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 45 minutes.
- Stir in olives, parsley, and basil. Stir to heat through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 520 calories, Carbohydrate 21 g, Cholesterol 116.7 mg, Fat 28.9 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 35.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.9 g, Sodium 1083.9 mg, Sugar 8.5 g
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
This easy chicken cacciatore recipe makes a good Sunday dinner, since it's so simple to prepare. This recipe is the best because it's loaded with lots of vegetables and is a family favorite. -Barbara Roberts, Courtenay, British Columbia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h45m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Dust chicken with flour. Season with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown chicken on all sides in oil and butter over medium-high heat. Remove chicken to platter. , In the same skillet, cook and stir the onion, celery, pepper and mushrooms for 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, wine, herbs, garlic and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes., Return chicken to skillet. Cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes or until chicken is tender. Serve over pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Freeze option: Cool chicken mixture. Freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through slowly in a covered skillet until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, stirring occasionally.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 517 calories, Fat 25g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 112mg cholesterol, Sodium 790mg sodium, Carbohydrate 28g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 6g fiber), Protein 39g protein.
EASY CHICKEN CACCIATORE RECIPE
You'll love this hearty, rustic chicken caccaitore recipe with mushrooms and bell peppers in a flavorful tomato sauce. Fall apart tender chicken with all the comforting aromtics and Italian flavors the family loves. You can make it stovetop or in your crockpot. Serve it with crusty bread or on top of plain pasta, polenta or rice.
Provided by Suzy Karadsheh
Categories Dinner
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Pat the chicken dry and season with salt and pepper on both sides and underneath the sikn.
- In a large pan or braiser (with a lid), heat 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil over medium-high until shimmering but not smoking. Add the chicken, skin side down first. Cook until golden brown, then turn over to brown on the other side (about 8 minutes total). Remove the chicken and set aside on a plate.
- In the same braiser, add the onions, celery, peppers, mushrooms, and garlic. Cook over medium heat, tossing regularly. Add koserh salt, pepper, oregano, fresh thyme, parsley and red pepper flakes. Allow the vegetables to cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until tender.
- Add the red wine and cook for a few minutes until the wine has reduced by about 1/2, then add the tomatoes. Cook 5 to 10 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Now add the chicken pieces back to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and allow the chicken to cook for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
- Garnish with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 348.4 kcal, Carbohydrate 15.8 g, Protein 22.3 g, SaturatedFat 5.2 g, Cholesterol 110.7 mg, Sodium 462.5 mg, Fiber 3.7 g, ServingSize 1 serving
CHICKEN CACCIATORA WITH FUSILLI
Categories Chicken Fish Mushroom Pasta Tomato Sauté Kid-Friendly Gourmet Small Plates
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a kettle heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it brown the chicken, patted dry, in batches, transferring it as it is browned to a bowl. Pour off and discard all but about 3 tablespoons of the oil and in the remaining oil cook the onion and the mushrooms over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is golden. Add the garlic and cook the mixture, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes with the juice, the wine, the chicken with any juices that have accumulated in the bowl, the anchovy paste, and the orégano and simmer the mixture, covered, stirring occasionally and breaking up the tomatoes, for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the chicken is tender. The chicken mixture may be made 2 days in advance, cooled to room temperature, and kept covered and chilled. Reheat the chicken mixture before serving.
- In kettle of boiling salted water cook the fusilli for 10 to 12 minutes, or until it is al dente, drain it well, and in a large bowl toss it with the chicken mixture. Sprinkle the chicken cacciatora with the parsley.
CHICKEN CACCIATORE WITH FUSILLI
Make and share this Chicken Cacciatore With Fusilli recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 55m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oil over moderate-high heat until hot but not smoking, and brown chicken.
- Transfer chicken as it is browned to a bowl.
- Pour off and discard all but 3 tblsps oil and cook onions and mushrooms over medium-high heat until onion is golden.
- Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
- Add tomatoes, wine and chicken.
- Add anchovy paste and oregano and simmer mixture, covered, stirring occasionally, for 30-35 minutes, or until chicken is tender (may be done up to 2 days in advance).
- Cook fusilli until al dente.
- In a large bowl, toss it with chicken and garnish with parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 935, Fat 45.5, SaturatedFat 11.5, Cholesterol 174.2, Sodium 492.8, Carbohydrate 69.6, Fiber 5.3, Sugar 7.8, Protein 56.9
CHICKEN ALLA CACCIATORA
The name refers to "hunter's style," whatever that is supposed to mean. I doubt that hunters in Italy, or anywhere else, ever carried all these ingredients, but this is a traditional southern Italian dish. This is a far better version than those popularized in the sixties, which were essentially chicken with canned tomato sauce. This is great with bread, even better with a simple risotto (page 521).
Yield makes 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Put the oil in a deep skillet or flameproof casserole, preferably nonstick, with a lid. Turn the heat to medium-high and wait a minute or so, until the oil is hot. Add the chicken, skin side down. Season it with salt and pepper and brown it well, rotating and turning the pieces as necessary, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate and pour off the excess fat.
- Reduce the heat to medium, add the onion, garlic, carrots, mushrooms, juniper berries, and bay leaves, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens, about 10 minutes. Add the wine and let it bubble away for a minute or two, then add the tomatoes and the chicken. Stir, then partially cover the pan; reduce the heat to low and cook for about 20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Garnish and serve.
- It's perhaps odd that this variation begins "omit the chicken," but aside from that the recipe is markedly similar: Omit the chicken. Brown about 1/2 cup minced pancetta or bacon in 1 tablespoon olive oil and leave it in the skillet. Proceed with step 2. After adding the tomatoes, cook a pound of broad, long pasta, like fettuccine, and toss it with the sauce. Good with or without freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
This classic Italian dish must have hundreds of versions, all resulting in a rustic braise of chicken, aromatic vegetables and tomatoes. My version includes lots of mushrooms, both dried and fresh. You can add kale to the dish if you want to work in some leafy greens (see variation below).
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h45m
Yield 4 to 5 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place the dried mushrooms in a bowl or heat-proof glass measuring cup and pour on 2 cups boiling water. Let sit 15 to 30 minutes, until mushrooms are softened. Drain through a strainer lined with cheesecloth or a paper towel and set over a bowl. Rinse the mushrooms in several changes of water, squeeze out excess water and chop coarsely. Set aside. Measure out 1 cup of the soaking liquid and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy nonstick skillet. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown, in batches, for 5 minutes on each side. Transfer the chicken pieces to a bowl as they are done. Pour the fat off from the pan and discard.
- Turn the heat down to medium, add the remaining oil and the onion, carrot and celery, as well as a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, parsley, rosemary, red pepper flakes and salt to taste. Cover, turn the heat to low and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes, until the mixture is soft and aromatic. Stir in the fresh and dried mushrooms, turn the heat back up to medium, and cook, stirring, until the mushrooms are just tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the wine and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, for a few minutes, until the wine has reduced by about half. Add the tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring often, until the tomatoes have cooked down a little and smell fragrant. Stir in the mushroom soaking liquid that you set aside.
- Return the chicken pieces to the pan and stir so that they are well submerged in the tomato mixture. Cover and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes, until the chicken is tender. Taste, adjust seasoning and serve with pasta or rice.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 629, UnsaturatedFat 27 grams, Carbohydrate 24 grams, Fat 41 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 39 grams, SaturatedFat 10 grams, Sodium 1184 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CHICKEN CACCIATORE PASTA
A yummy marinara pasta packed with veggies that kids will love.
Provided by ChefBillT
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Thigh Recipes
Time 1h50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Sprinkle chicken with 1 teaspoon salt. Heat oil in a wide, heavy, oven-safe pot over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking, about 1 minute. Add chicken, skin sides down, and cook, turning once, until browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat. Reduce heat to medium and cook pepper, onion, and garlic, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in oregano, thyme, tomato puree, water, and remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt; bring to a simmer. Return chicken to pot, return to a simmer, cover, and transfer to oven. Bake until chicken is tender, 45 to 50 minutes.
- Transfer chicken to a bowl and chill, uncovered, until cool enough to handle (20 minutes). Discard skin and bones. Pull meat into coarse shreds.
- Add chicken, beans, and vinegar to tomato mixture in pot and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta in salted water according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water. Stir pasta into chicken mixture, thinning with pasta water as needed. Season with additional salt, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 631 calories, Carbohydrate 54.5 g, Cholesterol 116.9 mg, Fat 26.4 g, Fiber 7.6 g, Protein 44.3 g, SaturatedFat 6.3 g, Sodium 1456.6 mg, Sugar 9.6 g
Tips:
- To save time, use pre-cut chicken breasts or thighs. If you're using bone-in chicken, remove the skin and bones before cooking.
- For a more flavorful dish, use a combination of olive oil and butter to cook the chicken.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the chicken. This will prevent it from cooking evenly.
- Use a variety of vegetables in your Cacciatora. Some popular additions include mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, and carrots.
- For a richer sauce, add a cup of dry white wine or chicken broth to the pan before simmering.
- Season the dish to taste with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Serve Chicken Cacciatora over your favorite pasta, such as fusilli, penne, or spaghetti.
- Garnish with fresh parsley or basil before serving.
Conclusion:
Chicken Cacciatora is a classic Italian dish that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. With its tender chicken, flavorful sauce, and colorful vegetables, it's a dish that everyone will love. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a special dish to serve guests, give Chicken Cacciatore a try. You won't be disappointed!
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