Pollo alla Cacciatora

Name: Pollo alla Cacciatora
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1.2kg chicken pieces on the bone; 400g tinned tomatoes; 1 onion, sliced; 3 cloves garlic; 150ml dry white or red wine; A handful of black olives and olive oil; Rosemary and bay leaves

Pollo alla cacciatora/POL-loh AL-lah kah-chah-TOH-rah/

Also known as: Chicken Cacciatore, Cacciatore

About this dish

Hunter-style chicken braised with tomatoes, onion, garlic, rosemary, olives and wine.

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Ingredients

🍗1.2kg chicken pieces on the bone

🍅400g tinned tomatoes

🧅1 onion, sliced

🧄3 cloves garlic

🍷150ml dry white or red wine

🫒A handful of black olives and olive oil

🌿Rosemary and bay leaves

Method

Serves 4

Season the chicken and brown it well in olive oil, then set aside.

Soften the onion and garlic in the same pan with the rosemary.

Add the wine and let it bubble for 2 minutes.

Add the tomatoes, olives and chicken, cover and simmer for 40 minutes until tender.

Serve with bread or polenta.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Cacciatora ('hunter's style') is a rustic Italian home dish found in many regional versions, some with tomato and some without.

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