Cacciatore, meaning “hunter style” in Italian, can be prepared in many variations. Whether it be with chicken, wild game or even rabbit, it consists of different vegetables, usually simmered in a tomato sauce typically infused with wine and stock.
What you don’t see frequently with this dish is the oven-braising method. I decided to apply this method to Cacciatore because I felt like it develops exactly what you would want in such a dish: nice color on the meat, soft vegetables and richly developed sauce.
Once it comes out of the oven, it has great depth of flavor which is nicely concentrated.
I promise, once you try this method, you won’t go back to cooking it on the stove-top!
Take a look at the (silent) reel below before trying the recipe at the bottom:
Oven-Braised Chicken Cacciatore
4
servings15
minutes2
hours20
minutesIngredients
3 lbs. 3 Bone-in chicken pieces (breasts, thighs, drumsticks)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 1 yellow onion, roughly chopped
3-4 cloves 3-4 garlic, smashed
2-3 2-3 small red bell peppers, sliced
2 2 Calabrian chili peppers
2 cans 2 cherry tomatoes or crushed tomato
1/4 cup 1/4 black cured olives
2/3 cup 2/3 white wine
3/4 cup 3/4 chicken broth
3 3 fresh bay leaves
3 sprigs 3 fresh oregano
Sea salt / black pepper
1 tbs. 1 Sicilian oregano
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Season the chicken pieces with extra virgin olive oil, lots of sea salt, black pepper and Sicilian oregano.
- Rub well into the chicken.
- Sear chicken thoroughly and evenly, remove from pan.
- Sauté vegetables until soft (7-10 minutes).
- Add wine, tomatoes, broth.
- Return the chicken pieces back into the pan, along with the olives and herbs.
- Braise uncovered in the oven for a minimum of 2 hours.
- Chicken should be well browned and ready to fall apart.
- Serve immediately with the vegetables surrounding the chicken pieces and the juices over top.
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