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Recipe: Chicken cacciatore

August 6, 2015 by Shari

The other day, I was at the markets and these golden cherry tomatoes jumped out at me. They just looked too good to leave there, so I purchased them and came home to see what I had in my cupboard to turn them into a meal {it appears that I have a lot of stuff in my cupboard, even though I shop to a list each week}.

I found about a cup of mushrooms and some beautiful, soft lemon thyme, that a friend had brought from their garden, in my fridge. I also found some chicken thighs in my freezer.

I added these items to the onions, tinned tomatoes {from the cupboard} and white wine that was sitting on my bench top {don’t ask me why it wasn’t finished earlier in the week}, and I had all the ingredients required to knock out a killer chicken cacciatore.
Some people serve their chicken cacciatore with pasta, or rice, or mashed potato – but I really felt like this dish was an entire meal in itself.
golden cherry tomatoes, mushrooms and lemon thyme
Chicken thighs, sliced bacon, onions and garlic

CHICKEN CACCIATORE
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
680g boneless skinless chicken thighs (6 to 8)
85g sliced bacon, sliced
360g mushrooms, sliced
2 onions, thinly sliced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 bunch of lemon thyme sprigs
1/4 teaspoon dried hot red chilli flakes
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup of fresh cherry tomatoes

2 cans of crushed tomatoes
1 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Heat the olive in a large saucepan, then add the chicken, bacon, onions and garlic to brown. Add the mushrooms, lemon thyme, chili and cherry tomatoes to the pan and toss for a minute or two before adding the wine {to deglaze the saucepan}.

Add the crushed tomatoes and their juices, chicken stock, and olives to the saucepan and bring to a simmer. Gently simmer uncovered until the tomatoes melt into the sauce and the sauce thickens slightly, about 40 minutes.

Remove the thyme stems and stir in the parmesan and basil before serving.

Preparing the ingredients for chicken cacciatore by GoodFoodWeek
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Filed Under: Dinner, recipe Tagged With: Chicken, chicken stock, dry white wine, italian, kalamata olives, lemon thyme, mushrooms

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  1. Vicki @ BoiledEggsandSoldiers says

    August 16, 2016 at 6:35 am

    I keep meaning to make this as I think it will be a hit in our family – now I really have to. Thanks for sharing with YWF.

    • Shari from GoodFoodWeek says

      August 16, 2016 at 9:54 am

      You really should Vicki – it is always a crowd pleaser here.

  2. The Purple Ladle says

    August 15, 2016 at 10:30 pm

    Some awesome flavours packed into this dish Shari. I really love thyme with mushrooms – so tasty!

    • Shari from GoodFoodWeek says

      August 16, 2016 at 9:54 am

      Thanks – thyme, mushrooms, chicken… how can you go wrong?

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