Cookbook

Chicken Cacciatore

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Ingredients

  • 1 whole poulet
  • poivre
  • 2 Tbsp farine
  • 1/4 cup huile vegetale
  • 4 Tbsp huile d'olive, divided
  • 1 small oignon, en lamelles
  • 1 gousse ail, ecrasee
  • 1/2 cup vin blanc
  • 1 28 oz can pelati, crushed, with liquid
  • 2 Tbsp capres
  • 1 Tbsp oregano, frais
  • 2 cup champignons, slides
  • 1 poivron rouge, en lamelles
  • 1 poivron jaune, en lamelles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cut chicken into legs, thighs, wings and breasts. Cut breast pieces in half crosswise. Season generously with pepper then dredge in flour, tapping off excess. In a wide 5 qrt braising pan, heat vegetable oil with 2 T olive oil. Add chicken and brown lightly all over. Do not crowd pieces, if needed brown in batches. Remove chicken, add onions to pan and cook, stirring frequatly, for 4'. Add garlic, cook 1'. Pour in wine, bring to a boil and cook until reduced by half, app. 1'. Add tomatoes, capers and oregano. Lightly pepper then bring to a boil. Tuck chicken into the sauce, adjust the heat to a gently simmer and cover the pan. Cook for 20', stirring a few times.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat remaining 2 T olive oil. Add mushrooms and peppers and toss until peppers are wilted but still crunchy, app. 6'

Add peppers and mushrooms to chicken. Cover, tansfer to oven, and cook about 10'. If necessary, add small amount of water to maintain the level of liquid as the chicken cooks. Serve with
Creamy Parmesan Polenta.

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