🍗 Chicken cacciatore (pollo alla cacciatora)

Name: Chicken cacciatore (pollo alla cacciatora)
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italy · Central Italy
Ingredients: 1.2 kg chicken pieces, skin on; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion and 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 bell peppers, sliced; 150 ml dry white wine; 400 g chopped tomatoes; 60 g black olives and 1 tbsp capers; Salt, pepper and a sprig of rosemary

Origin: Italy · Central Italy

465kcal

per serving · 300 g

155kcal

per 100 g

51 gProtein17 g / 100 g

22 gFat7.5 g / 100 g

12 gCarbs4 g / 100 g

Pollo alla cacciatora, "hunter's style" chicken, is an Italian braise of chicken pieces simmered with tomatoes, bell peppers, olives, capers and white wine. The chicken becomes tender and falls from the bone, and the sauce is thick, rustic and savoury with a briny edge from the olives and capers. It is served hot as a main course.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

Keto-friendly4 g carbs per 100 g

✓

High protein17 g protein per 100 g — 44% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: chicken

Not veganbecause of: chicken

Allergens

None of the 14 major allergens in a typical recipe.

What it is made of

chickentomatoolivescapersbell pepperwhite wine

Recipe

4 servings70 min

Ingredients

1.2 kg chicken pieces, skin on
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion and 2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 bell peppers, sliced
150 ml dry white wine
400 g chopped tomatoes
60 g black olives and 1 tbsp capers
Salt, pepper and a sprig of rosemary

Method

Season the chicken and brown it in the oil on all sides; set aside.
Soften the onion, garlic and peppers in the same pan for 8 minutes.
Add the wine and let it bubble for 2 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, olives, capers and rosemary and return the chicken.
Cover and simmer 35–40 minutes until tender; season and serve.

How to make it lighter

Remove the skin before cooking to cut much of the fat.
Use 1 tbsp oil instead of 2: 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.
Add more peppers and tomato to the sauce for a bigger plate with few extra calories.

History

Dishes "alla cacciatora" are named after hunters, and the style is found in many Italian regions with local differences, from versions with tomato and peppers to ones with vinegar and rosemary. Today chicken cacciatore is a classic of Italian home cooking and of Italian restaurants abroad.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →