Savour autumn’s harvest with chicken cacciatore
Posted September 29, 2011 – 6:11 am in: Italian, Poultry
(NC)—As the trees begin to don their bright fall colours and the crisp autumn air moves in, embrace the changing season’s bounty with a hearty home-cooked chicken cacciatore recipe. Loaded with tender chicken breast, tomatoes bursting with flavour, and crispy vegetables served over a bed of fluffy rice, this tasty dish is the perfect new recipe to keep your family warm as the weather cools off.
Chicken Cacciatore with Rice
Total preparation time: 30 minutes
1 cup long-grain white rice, uncooked
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup onion, diced
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
2 cups zucchini, cut diagonally into 1/4″ (1/2 cm) slices
1 lb chicken breasts, boneless and skinless, cut into 1″ (2 cm) pieces
1 can Hunt’s Chunky Tomatoes, green pepper, celery and onion, undrained
1/4 cup Hunt’s Tomato Paste
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Cook rice according to package directions.
1 Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat while preparing rice. Add onion, mushroom and zucchini; cook three to five minutes, or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
2 Add chicken; cook five to seven minutes, or until chicken pieces are no longer pink inside, stirring occasionally.
3 Add diced tomatoes with their liquid, the tomato paste, salt and pepper; stir. Cook for ten minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
4 Serve over the rice.
Serves 4.
Additional recipe ideas can be found online at www.huntstomatoes.ca.
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