This Chicken Cacciatore Recipe is lightly breaded chicken breasts with tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and garlic in a simple blend of Italian spices. It is an easy dish to prepare and includes options for both stove top and baking. Both are equally delicious albeit different in both finished product and time.
Chicken Cacciatore Recipe is one of our favorites. There are a couple of ways you can cook this recipe and I guess it depends on what is best for you and your family taste wise and time wise. You can also change up the ingredients for those of you who don’t like mushrooms.
What is Chicken Cacciatore?
In Italian the word “cacciatore” means hunter. Chicken or rabbit is prepared “hunter” style using onions, herbs, tomatoes, bell peppers and sometimes red wine. This dish can be prepared on the stove top or be prepared using both the stove top and the oven for super tender chicken. The stove top version is a little faster and leaves your peppers not as soft. The chicken is unbelievably tender with the stove top/oven version but it does take longer. More vegetables can easily be added to complete the meal or stretch it a little further.
How to make Chicken Cacciatore Recipe!
First dunk the chicken in a little beaten egg. Then dredge it in some flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Heat a little oil either in a large skillet if cooking on the stove top or in a dutch oven if finishing in the oven. Brown the chicken and place on a plate. Heat a little more oil in the pan and add onions and bell peppers. Cook for just a few minutes and add the garlic, parsley, basil and onion powder.
Then add the chicken back to the pan. Add the wine, fire roasted tomatoes and tomato sauce. If cooking on the stove cover with lid and gently simmer for twenty-five to thirty minutes. If cooking in the stove cover dutch oven with lid and place in stove for a little over one hour. Meanwhile in medium skillet over medium high heat add butter and saute mushrooms until browned. Add browned mushrooms to either the skillet or the dutch oven ten to fifteen minutes before the dish is done.
What do you serve with Chicken Cacciatore Recipe?
The possibilities are endless. Angel hair pasta, rice, smashed cauliflower and roasted potatoes are all excellent sides. There are a lot of vegetables already in this dish but a side of broccoli or roasted carrots are always welcome at the dinner table. If you are cooking this dish in the oven simply add your peeled potatoes and carrots right before adding the dish to the oven.
Helpful hints to make this Chicken Cacciatore Recipe awesome.
- Bread your chicken lightly and brown well. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel to remove any flour that may have blackened.
- Use fresh not frozen onions, bell peppers and garlic.
- Brown your mushrooms before adding to this dish because it really does make a difference.
- If placing this recipe in the oven do not cook peppers and onion for more than a few minutes before adding the garlic and other seasonings as they will have plenty of time to cook in the stove.
- Use a quality dry red wine. Therefore some suggestions are Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot Noir.
- If your prefer substitute chicken broth for the red wine.
- This dish is really a meal in itself but if desired you can serve over angel hair pasta, rice, roasted potatoes or smashed cauliflower.
- If you are cooking this dish in the oven and would like additional vegetables add peeled potatoes and carrots right before adding the dish to the oven.
Other chicken recipes you will love!
- Creamy Chicken Mushroom Pasta
- Chicken Soup in the Crockpot
- Garlic Butter Chicken
- Honey Garlic Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 large egg beaten
- 2/3 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 yellow or red bell pepper chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 can 14.5 ounce fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 1/2 cup marinara or tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 ounces cremini or white buttons mushrooms quartered
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt and pepper in large seal-able plastic bag. Dunk the chicken in the beaten egg. Then toss it in the flour and shake to coat.
- Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in dutch oven or heavy ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and brown on both sides. Once browned move to plate and set aside.
- Add olive oil to same pan over medium heat. Add onion and bell peppers; cook for 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, parsley, basil and onion powder. Cook for additional 1 minute; stirring continuously.
- Return chicken to pan. Add fire roasted tomatoes, red wine and marinara. Cover pan and place in 325 degree oven for 70 minutes. If cooking on the stove top cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
- Meanwhile add butter to skillet over medium heat. Cook mushrooms until golden brown and add to the pot about 10-15 minutes before the dish is scheduled to be done.
Notes
- The safe internal temperature for cooked chicken is 165 degrees.
- Bread your chicken lightly and brown well. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel to remove any flour that may have blackened.
- Use fresh not frozen onions, bell peppers and garlic.
- Brown your mushrooms before adding to this dish because it really does make a difference.
- If placing this recipe in the oven do not cook peppers and onion for more than a few minutes before adding the garlic and other seasonings as they will have plenty of time to cook in the stove.
- Use a quality dry red wine. Therefore some suggestions are Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot Noir.
- If your prefer substitute chicken broth for the red wine.
- This dish is really a meal in itself but if desired you can serve over angel hair pasta, rice, roasted potatoes or smashed cauliflower.
- If you are cooking this dish in the oven and would like additional vegetables add peeled potatoes and carrots right before adding the dish to the oven.
Nutrition
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Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert
I know for sure this would be a huge hit in my house!
Kimberly
Such a great dish, this looks delicious!
Lora
Chicken cacciatore is such great comfort food!
Melanie Bauer
This is definitely beyond delicious! Love all the flavors going on with this dish, can’t wait!
Taylor
One of my favorite Italian dishes! Absolutely love the flavors in chicken cacciatore…so delicious!
Dorothy Reinhold
I am always looking for ways to spice up our dinner rotation. This looks great!
Paul
During the intro to the recipe under “How To Make Chicken Cacciatore Recipe” you mentioned adding onion powder yet I don’t see it listed in the ingredients list or recipe directions. Would you recommend adding onion powder? If so how much did you use?
Beth Pierce
Thanks Paul for the heads up! I have corrected it. Sometimes I am really burning the candle at both ends. It is just 1/4 teaspoon onion powder.
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert
This couldn’t look any more perfect! This is seriously making me hungry!
Allyson Reed Zea
I love this easy recipe, I think you so much!
Chrissie Baker
This. Looks. Incredible. Love all of the bold, rich flavors in here! Saving now!
Catalina
The perfect easy and delicious weeknight meal! I love it!
Brandy O'Neill
This is one of my husbands favorite! Thanks for the recipe!
Beth Pierce
My pleasure Brandy! I hope you enjoy it!
Steph
I love everything about this recipe! There’s so many delicious ingredients, I can’t wait to make it!