An Italian Family Favorite

Hi Friends,

Today is Super Bowl Sunday, I guess the Saints just won the game. wow, good for them, good for their city. 

Today's recipe is a classic for this family.  It has just a few steps but it is worth the trouble.  Here we go....

Chicken Cacciatore

Here is what you will need:

Shown here are some halved chicken breasts, you can use any chicken that you may already have on hand, including skinless, boneless chicken.

Very easy in that you pre-cook, if that is a word, the chicken pieces in the microwave.  Add to the sauce ingredients:

Simmer all ingredients for at least one hour so all the spices and flavors blend. Sauce will be a thin sauce.  If you use the recipe as much as we do here, I hope your recipe sheet looks as good or as bad, beauty is in the eye of the beholder in this case:

Yes, that is my cookbook an old cookbook my Mom gave me just before I got married 43 years ago. I believe I dated the cookbook for 1967.  Whew, long time ago.  But, you can see the page is well-worn.

All plated up:

Now for the details:

Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredients:

2  2 1/2-3 lb. chicken broiler/fryers, cut up or about 5 split chicken breast pieces

1 cup minced onion

2/3 cup minced green pepper

4 cloves garlic, minced

1  1 lb. 13 oz. can whole tomatoes (3 1/2 cups)

1 8 oz. can tomato sauce

1/2 cup wine (red)

2 3/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. allspice

1/2 tsp. thyme

dash cayenne pepper

1 box Spaghetti

Instructions:

Rinse and pat dry chicken pieces.  Place on microwave safe platter and microwave aproximately 10 minutes, until juices are almost clear.  Do not over cook chicken pieces as they will finish cooking in the sauce. 

Add onions, green pepper, spices, tomatoes, tomato sauce & wine to a large dutch oven or pot.  Stir well. 

When chicken pieces are finished in the microwave add to the sauce in the pot.   Simmer uncovered for aproximately one hour, until chicken pieces are fork tender. 

While sauce is simmering, cook spaghetti according to package directions.

Transfer chicken cacciatore to serving platter.  Pour sauce over all, serve over spaghetti.  Add parmesan cheese to individual plates as preferred.

Enjoy!

Evelyn