Chicken Cacciatore Casserole

This is fresh rosemary which I used in the Chicken Cacciatore Casserole recipe. it is easy to grow in a pot or in a garden plot. It is so aromatic.

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Oyster and shitaki Mushrooms for the Chicken Cacciatore Casserole recipe.

Chicken being tossed in flour, salt. pepper and rosemary.

Chicken Cacciatore Casserole recipe ready to cook.

Chicken Cacciatore Casserole ready to eat.

I have found out that Cacciatore means "hunter" in Italian. If you see 'alla cacciatora' it means a meal made in this hunter style using tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, herbs,peppers , wine with chicken and rabbit . This is my latest version of this Chicken Cacciatore Casserole recipe which I have been making for years. I think it is a good idea to get a basic recipe and then adapt it to what you have in and what is good value at the time.
Ingredients to serve 4 to 6
4 cloves of garlic finely chopped

2 onions diced

1 chicken stock cube or homemade chicken stock

2 chicken breasts off the bone and cut into bite sized chunks

1 box of shitake mushrooms cut into halves--125gm--3 cups

1 box of oyster mushrooms cut into halves --125gm--3 cups

sunflower oil or olive oil

1 tin of chopped tomatoes

plain flour about 2 tablespoons

salt and pepper

dried or fresh rosemary

Method

1. Put the salt, pepper, flour , rosemary and chopped chicken into a plastic bag and coat the chicken.

2. Heat some oil in frying pan and fry the chicken in small batches until it is lightly browned, place in a casserole dish.

3. Add onions ,garlic,mushrooms, the tinned tomatoes to the casserole.

4. Add chicken stock to cover the casserole(see the photograph)

5. Cook the casserole in the oven for 1 1/2 hours at gas 4, 180C 350F

6. Serve with fresh herbs, salad rice, fresh pasta and steamed green vegetables.
Variations

Use a chicken cut into joints but cook longer

Use fresh tomatoes

Use the cheaper varieties of mushrooms

Use fresh rabbit

Add red peppers

Add shallots as well as onions

Use white wine or red wine as half the stock

Add tomato puree to thicken the sauce

Garnish with fresh basil

Serve with a grated hard cheese such as parmesan
This is a light casserole which you can also cook on the hob in a thick based pan.

Thanks for reading

Crazycupcakes