Sunday, January 20, 2008

Chicken Cacciatore

Usually the only way I buy chicken is the leg-quarters in those ten-pound bags.  I'm cheap, and that's the best bargain on meat anywhere.  When I get it home, I divide it three ways and freeze it in three-pound portions.  I thawed one of those yesterday thinking I'd make my low-fat version of Chicken gumbo.

Today I realized I have no sweet peppers in the house.  I'm sure the dish would be fine without them, but I don't like leaving out an ingredient.  In fact, it seemed as though every chicken dish I make regularly requires sweet peppers.

So I started leafing through one of my Better Homes and Gardens cookbooks and noticed I had all the ingredients required for Chicken Cacciatore.  I've never tasted it, much less made it, but I figured what the heck, go for it. 

I told Cliff, "I don't know how dinner will be; it's something I've never had.  Says here you serve it on spaghetti."

"Heck, bring it on," says he.  "Anything on spaghetti is bound to be good."

I must say I tasted the sauce a while ago, and it was yummy

This isn't one of my low-fat recipes, but it doesn't appear to be too loaded with bad stuff.

We'll see how it tastes. 

13 comments:

  1. I have made the recipe before and it is good !  Enjoy.  I'm having chicken and rice soup for lunch and don't know about supper yet.  Anything warm will do.
    'On Ya' - ma

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  2. We love chicken cacciatore here!  I don't know why I don't make it more often....

    ~Amy

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  3. I've never had that either.  I've heard of it though.  Let us know what you both think of it.

    Hollie

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  4. The first time I heard the name of this dish as a kid, I thought they said "Chicken Ketschuptori"...ewwww

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  5. Oh, I do hope you enjoyed it!  I used to make mine with the chicken bone in ... now I make it with boneless chicken (easier to eat).  Yummy!

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  6. Anything you make sounds delicious and the postings of pictures of the things you have cooked always look so yummy.

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  7. Chicken Cacciatore is gooood stuff!!!!

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  8. How was it?  I have made it but not in years.  Vicki

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  9. I like Chicken caccitorrie or however you spell it!  :)

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  10. I love making that. I use my crock pot to make it.

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  11. Sounds like a great meal!!!  Hope it turned out yummy!
    Lisa

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