Chicken cacciatore

Chicken cacciatore

A tasty tomato and chicken dish to feed the family - serve with short pasta or a big bowl of roast potatoes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Fry 1 finely chopped onion and 2 crushed garlic cloves in 3 tbsp olive oil until softened but not coloured. Add 2 x 400g tins of cherry tomatoes, season, then simmer for 10-15 minutes or until thick and glossy. Take off the heat and stir in 4 tbsp mascarpone and half a handful of basil, roughly torn.
  2. Heat a little olive oil in a pan and fry 6 chicken breasts on both sides until golden. Transfer to a baking dish and pour over the sauce. Cook for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Scatter over the remaining half handful of basil.
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Know-how

Serve with a short pasta, like fusilli, or a big bowl of potatoes roasted with olive oil and rosemary.

Per serving

312 kcalories, protein 35.2g, carbohydrate 6.9g, fat 16.1 g, saturated fat 5.3g, fibre 2g, salt 0.87 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2005.

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  • 10 December 2008

    Alex's food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Well, it won the approval of children from 9 - 16 and even my husband liked it. Very easy to make too!

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  • 11 December 2008

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  • 20 December 2008

    Debbie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great dish. Easy to prepare. We add black olives too.

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  • 22 December 2008

    Claire Jasmine commented on this recipe

    I cooked this for my boyfriend last week and it was a hit. I used creme fraiche instead of Marscapone as that's what I had in my fridge, which worked fine. I pre stuffed the chicken breasts with bufallo mozarella then wrapped them in bacon and placed in the sauce to bake. Served it with crushed new potatoes made crispy in the oven, this was a tasty Italian inspired dish.

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  • 22 December 2008

    Claire Jasmine rated and commented on this recipe

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    Oopsy - forgot to rate :)

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  • 23 December 2008

    laura rated this recipe

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  • 28 December 2008

    Woody rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    One of our weekday favourites which is odd as neither me or the boyf like tomatoes!! We always have with a huge mountain of roasties and a green vegies. Easy to make, quick and not much washing up - a hit in our house!! :o)

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  • 31 December 2008

    Kazaroo rated and commented on this recipe

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    really easy recipe that tastes divine, my husband doesn't eat pasta so served with rosemary new potatoes. A definate hit!

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  • Binder photo Sam

    04 January 2009

    Sam rated and commented on this recipe

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    We halved the ingredients (apart from the garlic) as we were cooking for 2. It waa delicious, although next time we will add more basil.

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  • 05 January 2009

    lisa rated and commented on this recipe

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    Made this for a dinner party, it was superb. I added some fried chestnut mushrooms just as an extra oomph, but didnt really need them.

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  • Binder photo Zoe

    05 January 2009

    Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fantastic, so easy to make, freezes well, will definitely be making it again, a new family favourite!

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  • Binder photo TKM

    06 January 2009

    TKM commented on this recipe

    Does anyone have any suggestions of an alternative to Cream Cheese or Mascapone, due to intolerance issues with certain types of soft cheeses :-(

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  • 06 January 2009

    Louise Marham rated and commented on this recipe

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    cooked this tonight, very easy to make, everyone enjoyed it. Substituted the mascarpone for cream cheese and still yummy

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  • 08 January 2009

    Angfen rated and commented on this recipe

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    Delicious..... I did not put it in the oven, but left it simmering on the hob for a very long time. The liquid evaporated turning into a thick sauce, whilst the chicken was very very tender.

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  • 08 January 2009

    Emily Scragg rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Good and simple. Used tinned plum tomatoes rather than cherry tomatoes as I couldn't find them. Still tasted great.

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  • 09 January 2009

    Dima rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really easy and quick. Children's favourite.

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  • 10 January 2009

    recipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    High quality dinner in relatively quick time. Used 1 tin of normal chopped tomatoes plus a small bag of cherry tomatoes. Didn't have mascarpone so just sliced some mozarella on top before putting in oven. Whole family loved it, had with roasted diced potatoes (unpeeled) and green beans.

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  • 11 January 2009

    Jess rated and commented on this recipe

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    I've made this recipe twice now, and I really don't believe it's worth the effort, or the clean-up needed afterwards.

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  • 12 January 2009

    Miss Frosty commented on this recipe

    Made this tonight and it was yummy and the boys loved it !!.

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  • 13 January 2009

    12112005 rated and commented on this recipe

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    it is easy to make. put an extra onion and instead mascarpone used philadelphia cheese.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

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Per serving

312 kcalories, protein 35.2g, carbohydrate 6.9g, fat 16.1 g, saturated fat 5.3g, fibre 2g, salt 0.87 g

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