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Chicken Cacciatore

Melissa Jo

Ingredients
  

  • 2-4 lbs chicken drumsticks & thighs
  • 8 oz of baby bella mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup of white wine
  • 3-4 tbsp olive oil
  • salt & black pepper
  • 28 oz San Marzano peeled tomatoes 3 cans
  • hunk of pecorino romano cheese 2-3 oz & a lot of grated pecorino romano cheese
  • 1 lb linguine pasta
  • 8 Garlic Cloves
  • 1 Onion
  • 3 Carrots
  • 1 Bundle of scallions
  • 5-6 oz Basil
  • 1 Bundle of parsley

Instructions
 

  • pat dry room temp. chicken.. then season heavily with cracked black pepper & salt
  • brown the chicken in olive oil in dutch oven
  • remove chicken once browned (you aren't cooking all the way through)
  • in the same pot saute the onions, carrots, scallions, & garlic
  • deglaze with 1/4 cup white wine
  • crush the tomatoes with your hands and add to pot (add more salt & pepper)
  • add the chicken back to the pot and all of the juices from the plate
  • add the fresh basil & parsley & hunk of pecorino romano
  • cover pot and simmer at least 1 hour (check if it needs more salt and pepper after 30 minutes)
  • boil your linguini
  • Serve with the sauce over linguine and the chicken on separate plate with sauce as well...COVER in pecorino romano
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