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 2.0g, salt 0.87 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2005.

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  • 14 July 2008

    georgina rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really simple, really delicious. I've always had it with crushed new potatoes, but I like the idea of having it with pasta or roast potatoes too. The basic sauce is a great staple to apply to lots of dishes, one of my weekday favourites being some kind of pasta with fried pancetta and peas stirred into the sauce.

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  • 17 July 2008

    Jayne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Beautiful. Used skinless and boneless chicken thighs which stayed really moist. Even the left overs were delicious. Definately make again. Served with the crushed potatoes which I finished off in the oven as suggested.

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  • 22 July 2008

    rebecca rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    so rich so easy so delicious!

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  • 28 July 2008

    Cathie Smith rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this dish for a reunion of my husbands old Merchant Navy friends. It was a great success, served on a bed of fusilli pasta with a side salad. Every plate came back empty. What more can you ask!!!!

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  • 14 August 2008

    chele commented on this recipe

    made this last night and it was delicious,will be making it again very soon ...

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  • 17 August 2008

    Susan commented on this recipe

    Made this dish for some friends and everyone loved it, clean plates all around

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  • 18 August 2008

    no hope steve rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I,m no cook but I could make this. added a few extra onions and put mushrooms in, kids loved it. even the wife had to admit it was,nt bad. stephen

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  • 20 August 2008

    Vicki commented on this recipe

    So quick and easy to make, and the whole family enjoyed it.

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  • 23 August 2008

    Anne rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty - only thing I changed was to cut the chicken into smaller pieces - made it easier to eat!

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  • 26 August 2008

    Carolyn rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Chicken really tender. My 1 year old daughter ate it so quickly.

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  • 28 August 2008

    Green Tea rated this recipe

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  • 08 September 2008

    Flik commented on this recipe

    Made this last week, had it with some roasted rosemary potatoes and it was lovely! Particularly liked the creaminess the mascarpone gave to the sauce, and have freezed the leftover sauce to use in another pasta dish!

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  • 10 September 2008

    Wendydog rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tried this on a horrid Tuesday night and it was fantastic, the whole family raved about it and it was so easy to make

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  • 10 September 2008

    Julia rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was a great after work meal, very easy and very tasty. The sauce would work well over pasta too. I will be making this again for sure!

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  • 11 September 2008

    Cheryl commented on this recipe

    This was delicious and very easy to make. I'll be making it again.

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  • 11 September 2008

    Spoofy Jo commented on this recipe

    Really tasty and easy to prepare for a midweek meal. I added a few extra veggies in the sauce. I would definatley make this again

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  • 13 September 2008

    Sutton Cook rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    lovely!!!!

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  • 14 September 2008

    MWebb2609 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I couldn't get any mascarpone so substitued fromage frais. The sauce wasn't as thick and creamy as it would be with the mascarpone but was still deliciously tasty and was all eaten up by my family.

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  • 16 September 2008

    pepsi rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Fancied making this meal but did't have all the ingredients, only had 6 cherry toms so added a can of chopped tomatoes, only had 2 chicken breasts but cooking for 4 so cut the chicken into strips plus I had some streaky bacon that needed to be used so chopped and added that. Didn't have any mascarpone so put some sliced mozerella on top of the dish before putting in the oven. I left the dish in the oven for as long as it took me to cook some pasta which I then stirred into the dish with some extra chopped basil. Don't know if the meal we had could be called chicken cacciatore but it was delicious. Even the kids enjoyed it. Will cook the meal as it should be next shopping day though. Promise

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  • 17 September 2008

    Kerry commented on this recipe

    Very simple and very tasty. Lovely with potatoes or pasta, with leftovers for lunch the next day.

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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 2.0g, salt 0.87 g

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