Chicken Cacciatore

Recipe Category: Poultry

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp fat or salad oil
  • 2 2½-to-3 lb broiler chickens, cut up
  • 1 c minced onion
  • ¾ c minced green pepper
  • 4 minced garlic cloves
  • 1 28-oz can diced tomatoes (3 1/2 cup)
  • 1 c tomato sauce
  • ½ cup Chianti wine
  • 3-¾ tsp salt (less salt)
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp allspice
  • 2 bay leaves crumbled
  • ½ tsp dried left thyme
  • Cayenne pepper (dash)

Directions

  1. Sauté chicken until golden on all sides.
  2. Add onions, green peppers, garlic; Brown lightly.
  3. Add rest of ingredients.
  4. Simmer, uncovered, 30 to 40 minutes or until chicken is fork tender.
  5. To serve, pour sauce over chicken.