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Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter’s Chicken)

On 2023-06-30T07:05:13Z
Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter’s Chicken)

PREPARATION: 20 minutes

COOKING: 50 minutes

CHICKEN HUNTER

Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter’s Chicken)

Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces (or about 1.5 kg chicken pieces)
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 carrots, sliced
  • 1 celery stalk, sliced
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced (optional)
  • 400 g (14 oz) canned chopped tomatoes
  • ½ glass dry white wine
  • A handful of fresh rosemary and sage
  • Salt and black pepper
  • Optional: a few black olives

Instructions:

  1. Prepare the chicken: Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
  2. Brown the chicken: In a large pan, heat the olive oil. Add the chicken and brown it on all sides. Remove and set aside.
  3. Sauté the vegetables: In the same pan, add chopped onion, garlic, carrot, celery, and bell pepper. Cook over medium heat until softened.
  4. Deglaze: Pour in the white wine and let it evaporate for a few minutes.
  5. Add tomatoes and herbs: Return the chicken to the pan. Add the chopped tomatoes, rosemary, and sage. Stir gently to coat everything.
  6. Simmer: Cover and cook on low heat for about 40–50 minutes, until the chicken is tender and the sauce has thickened. If you like, add some black olives during the last 10 minutes.
  7. Serve: Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve hot, ideally with crusty bread — and a glass of Damare Rosso to complete this true Tuscan experience!

WINE PAIRING

DAMARE ROSSO

DAMARE ROSSO

Damare Rosso was born from the desire to express the great vocation of the territory in an international key; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot together to express harmony, elegance and pleasantness in a modern wine with an unmistakable Tuscan style.

TASTING NOTES

Intense purple color with notes of blackberries, strawberry jam and blackcurrant. It has a beautiful floral freshness, Damascus rose, with mentholated and tantalizing references of eucalyptus and glacial mint. In the mouth the nice grip of the tannin is striking, the slight herbaceous notes, which blend with green pepper, tobacco and hints of Mediterranean scrub from which it also seems to draw laurel and mastic in the agile and fresh finish but always intensely fruity and intimately sweet.