Chicken Cacciatore with Pasta, Vico Food Box

This isn’t traditional Chicken Cacciatore.

That would be made with a whole, cut-up chicken.

The traditional dish would not be served on pasta – or with pasta or risotto, as some recipes on the internet suggest.

Both pasta and risotto are, traditionally, first courses, not side dishes.

I should call this Chicken, Cacciatore-style…..

But I don’t want to.

This is an easy recipe for 2 with the flavors of Cacciatore.

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Chicken Cacciatore with Pasta

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Chicken Breasts in a flavorful tomato sauce, ready with just 30 minutes of cooking time.

• Author: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Total Time: 40 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Category: Chicken

Ingredients

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• 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless,  cut into bite-size pieces
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 rib celery, chopped
• 4oz (120gr) mushrooms, trimmed, sliced
• 1 3/4 cups (15oz, 450gr) chopped tomatoes
• 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) white wine
• 2 tbs tomato paste
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 4oz (120gr) short pasta.

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Instructions

• Cook pasta according to package directipons.
• When done, drain.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion, pepper, celery, and sauté for 5 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, chicken, and sauté for 5 minutes longer.
• Add tomatoes, wine, tomato paste, paprika, Worcestershire and herbs.
• Stir to combine.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Uncover and simmer 10 minutes longer, reducing slightly.
• Spoon over pasta and serve.

Notes

Start cooking the pasta shortly before you ‘uncover and simmer’ – you want both the pasta and the chicken done at the same time.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
• Calories: 618
• Sugar: 15.4 g
• Sodium: 408 mg
• Fat: 13.6 g
• Saturated Fat: 2.4 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 68.9 g
• Fiber: 10.7 g
• Protein: 51.8 g
• Cholesterol: 124.1 mg

Keywords: chicken, peppers, mushrooms, romatoes

For another non-traditional, but quick, easy, and delicious dish: Chicken Paprikash

I have, in the past, bemoaned the fact that, because I live in France, I have not been as lucky as U.S. based food bloggers receiving offers to try things.

I occasionally receive offers in my email to try a new barbecue sauce or review a new cook book.

These usually come from people who have not actually looked at my blog. When I reply that I live in France I don’t hear back.

Sometimes I’m contacted by people looking for European food bloggers – like me.

Such was the case when the lovely people at Vico Food Box asked if I would be interested in learning about them.

Absolutely!

They asked if I would like to try some of their products.

Absolutely!!

On Friday, this box was delivered to my door:

Italian food shipped all over Europe (25 countries) for Italian food lovers.

It was extremely well-packed. (You may note all the dishes on my counter… I was in the middle of prep for a dinner party when the box arrive, but I had to open it. Curiosity and all).

I’ll post a description of everything and more details about Vico tomorrow.

This was just a teaser.