Chicken Cacciatore (Pollo alla Cacciatora)

Chicken Cacciatore (Pollo alla Cacciatora)

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Chicken Cacciatore (Pollo alla Cacciatora) is a classic Italian American dish that has roots in Italy where other wild game meats were probably used instead of chicken. Most

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Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken butchered into eight parts
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 cloves of garlic diced into chunky pieces
  • 2 cups of mushrooms, chopped into 1-2 inch pieces (stock mushrooms are fine, but you can get fancy and use any wild variety, as well)
  • 2-3 cups of dry white or red wine (you could also use water and while the flavor will not be as intense it's perfectly suitable)
  • Good extra virgin olive oil
  • Herbs of choice (2-3 bay leaves or a few sprigs of rosemary)
  • 1-2 cups of plum tomatoes (macerated by hand) - optional
  • 1 small potato diced into 1-2 inch pieces - optional

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