Ricetta: Perfetto Chicken Cacciatore

Chicken Cacciatore.

You can have Chicken Cacciatore using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Cacciatore

1. Prepare 4 of chicken thighs (boned and skinned).
2. You need 4 of chicken legs (skinned).
3. It's 1 can of plum tomatoes chopped (400g / 14oz. each) and their juice.
4. You need 200 g of onion (sliced) / 7 oz..
5. Prepare 175 g of button mushrooms (halved) / 6 oz..
6. Prepare 100 g of red peppers (sliced) / 3½ oz..
7. You need 100 g of peppers green (sliced) / 3½ oz..
8. You need 75 ml of dry white wine / 2½ fl. oz..
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon of oregano dried.
10. You need 1 teaspoon of thyme dried.
11. Prepare 2 teaspoons of garlic powder.
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon of cornstarch cornflour /.
13. It's ½ teaspoon of black pepper ground.
14. You need 100 g of onion / 3½ oz..
15. It's 50 g of carrot / 2 oz..
16. It's 50 g of celery / 2 oz..
17. Prepare of “Spray2Cook” (a word used to describe any low-cal. non-stick cook’s oil spray).

Chicken Cacciatore instructions

1. Spray the chicken with Spray2Cook and then season with the pepper. Fry off the chicken pieces in a hot fry pan sprayed with Spray2Cook until browned all over..
2. Transfer to a slow cooker set to hot or a large lidded fry-pan on medium heat. Smother with the mushrooms..
3. Microwave the onion and peppers for 2 minutes and transfer to the first fry pan re-sprayed with Spray2Cook..
4. Add the tomatoes and the herbs. Cook for 2 minutes before pouring over the chicken and mushrooms..
5. Deglaze the fry pan with the wine / canned mushroom liquor and add to the cooking vessel..
6. Blend the cornstarch with a little water (adding slowly) and then add the blended cornstarch to as the cacciatore just starts to bubble..
7. Allow it re-boil before turning to a gentle simmer to cook for 4 hours..
8. Near the end of the cooking time take six tablespoons of the liquor from the pot and add to the sofritto vegetables. Microwave for 4 minutes, stir then microwave for another 4 minutes after adding more liquor if needed. Blend the sofritto in a hand blender and add to the cacciatore. (Picture taken before the addition of the sofritto)..
9. Serve with pasta (add the calories!)..