Chicken Cacciatora

Name: Chicken Cacciatora
Ingredients: 4 -5 lbs chicken pieces; 14 cup olive oil; 2 ounces salt pork (or pancetta, if you can get it) or 2 ounces bacon, chopped fine (or pancetta, if you can get it); 14 cup butter; 12 lb onion; 2 chicken livers, chopped; 2 chicken gizzards, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped fine; 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary; 10 fresh parsley sprigs; 12 teaspoon ground black pepper; salt (if using salt pork, use less salt); 4 medium sized ripe tomatoes or 2 cups canned diced tomatoes; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 12 cup dry white wine

15 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

4 -5 lbs chicken pieces
14 cup olive oil
2 ounces salt pork (or pancetta, if you can get it) or 2 ounces bacon, chopped fine (or pancetta, if you can get it)
14 cup butter
12 lb onion
2 chicken livers, chopped
2 chicken gizzards, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary
10 fresh parsley sprigs
12 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt (if using salt pork, use less salt)
4 medium sized ripe tomatoes or 2 cups canned diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato paste
12 cup dry white wine

Directions

1

Combine oil, salt pork and butter in a good-sized pot; heat.
2

Add onions and saute slowly.
3

Add chicken pieces and chopped livers and gizzards and brown for 5 minutes on each side.
4

Add garlic, rosemary and parsley, salt and pepper.
5

Stir well.
6

Cook for 5 minutes.
7

Add tomatoes and tomato paste and cook slowly for about 30 minutes or until done.
8

Check for doneness and salt.
9

Do not overcook.
10

Serve with grated Parmesan.
11

Variations: you can add 1/2 lb.
12

quartered mushrooms 15 minutes into cooking.
13

For a little more tomato flavor, add another T of tomato paste ( I Iike it like this).
14

You can also use a bit of oregano.