Chicken cacciatore

Chicken cacciatore

Serving size: Serves 4
Cuisine type: Italian, Modern Australian
Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes
Course: Lunch, Main
Favourite flavours: Chicken

Try this tasty, easy recipe for Chicken cacciatore.
INGREDIENTS

500g skinless chicken breast fillets, cut
into 12 pieces
freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 medium (170g) red onion, halved, sliced
1 large (350g) green capsicum, sliced
2 (300g) celery stalks, cut into 1cm dice
2 medium (240g) carrots, sliced
2 large cloves garlic, chopped finely
¼ cup (60ml) dry white wine
400g can peeled tomatoes (no added salt), chopped coarsely
1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
1½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice
¼ teaspoon chilli flakes
2 cups (350g) instant polenta
2 tablespoons chopped fresh
flat-leaf parsley
METHOD

Season chicken with pepper. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over moderately high heat. Add chicken, cook until browned on both sides. Remove from the pan.

Add onion, capsicum, celery and carrots to the pan; cook over low heat until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant.

Add wine, scraping the base of the pan. Add tomatoes, mushrooms, lemon juice and chilli flakes; bring to a simmer.

Return chicken to the pan, cover with crumpled, wet baking paper and simmer over low heat until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare polenta following packet directions, using water or stock. spoon polenta into bowls, add chicken mixture and sprinkle with parsley.
Suitable to freeze and microwave.
User comments
Are you supposed to eat the crumpled, wet baking paper too?
chicken is chicken, if you've never tasted it, this recipe isn't for you ! you must be a vegie.. i mean vegetarian . AND... The vegies are in the pan with chicken, it gets served up on top of polenta... whats the problem ?
Are you serious? Chicken does have a flavour and if you use your imagination, this would actually taste quite lovely with all the added flavours.
what's polenta?
the chicken is returend to the veges mix that gives the flavour very tastie meal youcan have it whit mash potatos to
yes it does say what to do with the vege's...return chicken to pan which has all the veges in it. This is all cooked together and then served onto polenta...Its fantastic, the whole family loves it!
what does it TASTE like??? "CHICKEN" isnt a flavour
It dosent say what to do with the vegetables at the end of recipe.

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