![]() One thing about the slow cooker? It’s not going to cook down the tomatoes and let them evaporate. The other secret of this chicken cacciatore is the Homemade Marinara Sauce. The different colors really pop against the red sauce. Tip: Bags of mini multi-colored bell peppers are great for this recipe. You can’t taste it specifically, but it elevates the flavors of everything around it. Anchovy paste is one of my favorite little secrets to add to stews. Oh I guess I’ll tell you now what’s the secret ingredient. It’s all of that simmered together until the flavors marry and become more than the sum of their parts. It’s briny olives providing a pop of flavor over the top. It’s sweet and colorful bell peppers which have been cooked until they’re tender, but still have a little bite left. ![]() I’m not even allowed to wash them since I apparently Do It Wrong.)īut chicken cacciatore is more than just mushrooms! It’s rich tomato sauce flavored from the meat stewing in it. (Note: I have eaten them, just not cooked them! But what happens in this house is that the mushroom lover – i.e., my husband – sautes a few on the side every so often when he’s in the mood. Yes, I am giving you a slow cooker chicken cacciatore which has no mushrooms! I do add a little secret ingredient to pump up the umami, but this recipe is safe for all mushroom abstainers.Īnd, I’m sorry, but as I’ve never cooked a mushroom in my life, I can’t even give you any advice on when to add them or how to cook them if you are a mushroom lover. Either way, dishes like chicken cacciatore are in my blood. As an Italian-American, I think it was included on my birth certificate, or possibly it’s from long conditioning of having such dishes at every family get-together. We are getting into comfort food season, which means Italian comfort food! Slow cooker chicken cacciatore is a recipe I’m happy to have in my life and you need in yours as well! Chicken thighs simmered in homemade marinara sauce until they are meltingly tender, salty kalamata olives, sweet multicolored bell peppers, and plenty of fresh herbs! I love chicken cacciatore and cooking it in the slow cooker makes it even better since I can start it and walk away.
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