Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken and vegetables cooked alongside tomatoes to create a rich sauce. Served with pasta as the perfect vessel to enjoy this simply elegant meal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2-2 pounds of chicken thighs or breast .
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 1 large carrot chopped
- 8 oz of mushrooms sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic chopped
- 1/2 cup katamala olives pitted, rinsed and sliced. (Optional)
- 1/4 cup dry red or white wine
- 1 14.5 once can of crushed tomatoes.
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Oil
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley chopped (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat pressure cooker on sauté mode.
- Pat chicken pieces dry. Drizzle both sides of chicken with oil and season with salt, pepper( garlic powder and onion powder are optional but I use those as well.)
- Once pot is hot, add a little oil and add chicken and brown 4 minutes on one side. Turn and brown another 3-4 minutes. remove chicken and set aside Repeat with any remaining chicken.
- In same pot, add one more tablespoon of oil and add in onions, pepper, carrots and mushrooms with a large pinch of salt. Stir occasionally cooking 5-8 minutes until veggies are soft
- Season mixture with rosemary, oregano, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Cook for another 1-2 minutes while stirring occasionally.
- Add in garlic and stir frequently for 1 minute.
- Add wine to the pot and stir making sure to scrap up any brown bits stuck on the bottom. Let wine cook 2-3 minutes.
- Add crushed tomatoes and olives and stir to combine. Taste sauce and adjust seasonings if needed.
- Add chicken back to pot, seal and set pressure cooker to manual high pressure for 15 minutes.
- Once pot is done, let it naturally release for 10 minutes. After that turn valve and release any remaining pressure.
- Stir in fresh parsley just before serving!
- Serve over pasta and enjoy!
Notes
Note, some tomatoes are more watery than others. If sauce is too loose after cooking; remove chicken and set pot back to sauté function. Let sauce simmer for 10-15 minutes until thicken to your liking! Enjoy
Want to make this without the pressure cooker?
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Follow instructions for 1-8 using a large oven safe pan with deep sides. Cook using medium heat
- Once you get to step 9, add chicken back to pan and transfer the pan to the oven
- Let cook uncovered in the oven for 20- 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven, temp chicken for doneness. Stir in parsley and serve!