Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter Style Chicken) Recipe | Simply Recipes http://www.simplyrecipes.com A family cooking and food blog with hundreds of healthy, whole-food recipes for the home cook. Photographs, easy-to-follow instructions, and reader comments. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:57:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Simply Recipes » Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter Style Chicken) Recipe | Simply Recipes http://www.simplyrecipes.com http://www.simplyrecipes.com/wp-content/themes/simply/i/logo.png?v=2 301 47 A family cooking and food blog with hundreds of healthy, whole-food recipes for the home cook. Photographs, easy-to-follow instructions, and reader comments. Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter Style Chicken) http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_cacciatore_hunter_style_chicken/ http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_cacciatore_hunter_style_chicken/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:46:49 +0000 Elise http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_cacciatore_hunter_style_chicken Chicken Cacciatore on Simply Recipes

Recipe revised and updated. Originally posted Aug, 2006.

Chicken cacciatore is an Italian dish of chicken braised in a tomato-based sauce and often includes wild mushrooms. It is frequently referred to as “hunter style” as the word cacciatore means “hunter” in Italian. Why “hunter” style? One story is that if a hunter came home empty-handed, his wife would kill a chicken for the meal instead.

When I first experimented with this recipe, I made it without mushrooms or bell peppers, which are often included in chicken cacciatore. Since then, I’ve come to enjoy the dish with mushrooms and bell peppers so have updated the recipe to reflect those additions. If you prefer it without one or both of these ingredients, please feel free to leave them out. Many people also add green olives or capers which would be great additions as well.

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Recipe revised and updated. Originally posted Aug, 2006.

Chicken cacciatore is an Italian dish of chicken braised in a tomato-based sauce and often includes wild mushrooms. It is frequently referred to as “hunter style” as the word cacciatore means “hunter” in Italian. Why “hunter” style? One story is that if a hunter came home empty-handed, his wife would kill a chicken for the meal instead.

When I first experimented with this recipe, I made it without mushrooms or bell peppers, which are often included in chicken cacciatore. Since then, I’ve come to enjoy the dish with mushrooms and bell peppers so have updated the recipe to reflect those additions. If you prefer it without one or both of these ingredients, please feel free to leave them out. Many people also add green olives or capers which would be great additions as well.

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