Chicken Cacciatora
We call Cacciatora (it means hunter) recipeswhere the use of garlic and rosemary is a must, and red wine to blend. Theseflavors are the basis of wild game preparation.
Ingredients
- 4 medium size chicken hips
- 1 medium size chicken hips
- 1 diced carrot
- 1 diced stick of celery
- Some tomato freshor in a can (10 cherry tomatoes or 2 peeled tomatoes)
- Rosemary
- Fresh parsley
- A splash of red wine
- 1 tbsp Extra virginolive oil
- Salt
- Blackpepper
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a largepot. On high flame brown chicken on all sides, starting on the skin side.Season with salt and black pepper generously. Do not add salt before thechicken is well roasted and sealed, otherwise it will lose the juice andtenderness!
- Add the onion, celery andcarrot, stir well. Blend with wine (high temperature!).
- Once the alcohol evaporates(few seconds) add tomatoes enough to just color the chicken crush them alittle, stir and add 2 or 3 sprigs of rosemary.
- Cover and simmer on low fire, for about 40 minutes, turningeach piece every 10 minutes. If it looks dry, add some tbsp of hot water, iftoo liquid leave it uncovered the last 10 minutes.
- Leave to rest 10 minutes before serve with someparsley on top.