This chicken cacciatore recipe is pure Italian comfort food! I remember eating this as a child and thinking it was delicious! Years went by before I made it again and shared it with my family.
My kids love this recipe and the food on the plate always gets cleared. This recipe is also pretty easy with a little prep work but the majority of the time is hands off while the dish bakes. We serve this with some pasta, garlic bread, a salad or green beans.
What you need to make chicken cacciatore:
Serves 4-6 people
- 1 small onion – diced
- 2 garlic cloves – minced
- 1 green bell pepper – diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon Italian herbs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 4 chicken quarters, (bone in, skin can be on or off depending how much fat you want in the dish.)
- 1 – 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup spaghetti sauce
- 1 tablespoon Italian herbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a bowl, combine, flour Italian herbs, salt black pepper and garlic powder.
- Coat each side of the chicken quarters with the flour mixture and set aside.
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large frying pan.
- Add the green peppers, garlic and onions.
- Sauté until softened slightly then remove from pan and set aside.
- Next, in the remaining oil, place the chicken leg quarter and very quickly brown on each side.
- Then arrange all the quarters in the pan and add the onions, garlic and peppers back in.
- Now add diced tomatoes with the juice.
- Add spaghetti sauce and Italian herbs and try to stir slightly to mix the ingredients around the chicken.
- Cover pan if it’s oven proof or move to oven safe dish and cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Serve on it’s own or with pasta and or garlic bread.
- Enjoy!
Chicken Cacciatore
Delicious Italian comfort food my family loves!
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 small onion - diced
- 2 cloves garlic- minced
- 1 green bell pepper - diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon Italian herbs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 4 in chicken quarters (bone in, skin can be on or off depending how much fat you want in the dish.)
- 1 - 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup spaghetti sauce
- 1 tablespoon Italian herbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a bowl, combine, flour Italian herbs, salt black pepper and garlic powder.
- Coat each side of the chicken quarters with the flour mixture and set aside.
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large frying pan.
- Add the green peppers, garlic and onions.
- Sauté until softened slightly then remove from pan and set aside.
- Next, in the remaining oil, place the chicken leg quarter and very quickly brown on each side.
- Then arrange all the quarters in the pan and add the onions, garlic and peppers back in.
- Now add diced tomatoes with the juice.
- Add spaghetti sauce and Italian herbs and try to stir slightly to mix the ingredients around the chicken.
- Cover pan if it's oven proof or move to oven safe dish and cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Serve on it's own or with pasta and or garlic bread.
- Enjoy!