Recipe: Eating on a Dime Mamma’ s Chicken Cacciatore

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Recipe: Eating on a Dime Mamma’ s Chicken Cacciatore Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Mamma’ s Chicken Cacciatore. Dredge the chicken in flour to coat. In a deep skillet or Dutch oven, heat the oil and fry the chicken on both sides until they are golden-brown. Discard most of the oil, leaving the brown bits in the bottom of the pan, if possible.

Discard most of the oil, leaving the brown bits in the bottom of the pan, if possible.

Don't understand why anyone would call this recipe boring.

Yes, I too added more seasonings and totally skipped the flour coating as it's not necessary and actually gets in the way during the browning process.

You can have Mamma’ s Chicken Cacciatore using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mamma’ s Chicken Cacciatore

  1. You need 8 of chicken thighs bone in and skin on.

  2. Prepare 1 of red pepper diced.

  3. Prepare 1 of orange pepper diced.

  4. It’s 1 of yellow pepper diced.

  5. Prepare 1 of small package baby Bella mushrooms sliced.

  6. You need 1 of small yellow onion diced.

  7. It’s 1 (16 ounce) of can cento crushed tomatoes.

  8. You need 1 Tbls of olive oil.

  9. Prepare 2 of dry bay leaves.

  10. You need 2 of minced cloves of garlic.

  11. Prepare of Mrs. Dash Italian blend seasoning to taste.

  12. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.

The key to a really good cacciatore is to brown the chicken very, very well.

The oil is also not needed as the chicken will produce its own.

Heat olive oil in deep sauté pan and place chicken thighs in and brown on both sides.

Remove from pan to plate after browning.

Mamma’ s Chicken Cacciatore instructions

  1. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper..

  2. Heat olive oil in deep sauté pan and place chicken thighs in and brown on both sides. Remove from pan to plate after browning..

  3. Add all veggies garlic and Mrs. dash seasoning to sauté pan and sauté approximately 5 mins..

  4. Add crushed tomatoes, bay leaves and additional Mrs. Dash seasoning to taste. Bring to a simmer and add chicken thighs back to the sauté pan..

  5. Cover the sauté pan and bring heat to low. Let simmer for an hour stirring approximately every 20 mins. Continue simmering one to one and a half hours low and slow. Chicken should be falling off the bone by then..

  6. Serve over rice or any small pasta you wish..

Add crushed tomatoes, bay leaves and additional Mrs.

Sprinkle the chicken thighs with salt and pepper, then toss them in a bowl with the flour to lightly coat.

Heat the olive oil in a large, wide pot over medium-high heat until shimmering.

Rinse under cold running water and dry.

Chicken cacciatore is an easy skillet dinner that can be served up over either pasta or rice.