Chicken Cacciatore Recipe: A Last-Minute Dinner
Thaw out a 4 piece package of split chicken breasts. Next, dip the chicken breasts in some flour, black pepper, and salt mixed together. Fry the chicken in a skillet with ½ inch vegetable oil. The oil should be about 350 to 375 degrees. Next, brown the chicken on all sides, turning, and cover with a lid. After the chicken is done, take out of the skillet and set aside.
Find a large sauce pan. Open 2 small cans of diced tomatoes and a small jar of Ragu pasta sauce. Pour all of it in the pan. Cut up 1 small stalk of celery and add. I was out of bell pepper so I used celery instead. Cut 1 small onion into rings and dump in. Sprinkle just a little Italian seasoning, black pepper, and garlic powder to taste. Stir well. The tomatoes and Ragu already have salt in both of them so you shouldn't have to add any.
Set the 4 pieces of split chicken breasts on top of all the sauce ingredients. Cover pan and simmer on low to medium high heat for about one hour until vegetables are done and chicken is tender. Be sure to check on pan constantly and stir sauce in pan.
You can eat this Chicken Cacciatore with mashed potatoes and use the sauce for gravy. I made rice to go with it because I was out of potatoes. You could also eat it with spaghetti noodles or sprinkle cheese on top if you wanted to.
The Chicken Cacciatore turned out really good. My family loved it. My husband was glad that I didn't put bell pepper in it, so the celery was a good thing. I'll definitely cook this again another night.
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10 Comments
Post a CommentI've always wanted to learn how to make this. Great article and thanks for sharing!
Jcorn - I'm glad you and your mother enjoyed this. Thank you for your comments! :-)
Paula - As you can probably tell by my comments, this has become a favorite of ours. I also shared it with my mother. I wish she had a computer so she could give you a page view but I'm going to take a laptop over there and try to have her write her own comment as soon as I can. Anyway, she loved this one too :)
This is on the menu for tomorrow night :)
I made another AC writer's Beef and rice Taco casssrole tonight and it was delicious too.
This is on the menu for tomorrow night :)
I made another AC writer's Beef and rice Taco casssrole tonight and it was delicious too.
I'm printing this one out. Sounds like a fast, tasty alternative. Thanks. :-)
Last minute recipes are the norm around here and I'm always eager to jazz up my chicken dishes with new ideas. Thanks!
yum - this looks great and it looks like something even i could make! thanks for sharing!
My mom used to make this, but there was some spice she put in....I can't think of what it was. Good recipe!
This is a great idea, thanks for sharing. The ingredients are the kind of stuff you could have on hand most of the time so it's a good emergency dinnfer if you don't have time for the grocery store.