Cacciatore means hunter's style in Italian. This dish originally was made with a freshly caught bird and vegetables and mushrooms from the garden. My recipe is a quick, 30-minute version of a dish that usually cooks for hours.
To save preparation time, slice all the vegetables in a food processor. To avoid washing bowl each time, slice mushrooms first and remove. Then slice carrots, celery and onion together, remove and slice green peppers. Or look for diced or sliced vegetables in the produce department.
Fred Tasker's wine suggestion: I like red wine with this Italian dish _ maybe a nice Chianti.
Helpful Hints:
_ Two crushed garlic cloves can be used instead of minced garlic.
_ To break up whole canned tomatoes, cut them with the edge of a cooking spoon when they are added to the skillet.
_ Chicken broth can be used instead of white wine. The flavor will be different, but still good.
Countdown:
_ Place water for linguine on to boil.
_ Make chicken dish.
_ While chicken cooks, make linguine.
Shopping List:
Here are the ingredients you'll need for tonight's Dinner in Minutes.
To buy: 2 8-ounce chicken breasts with bones (skin and wings removed), 1 medium-size green bell pepper, 1 package sliced mushrooms, 2 14.5-ounce cans whole tomatoes, 1 small bunch celery, 1 small package carrots, \ pound fresh or dried linguine and 1 bottle white wine.
Staples: olive oil, onion, minced garlic, flour, salt and black peppercorns.
