Name: Quick chicken cacciatore
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 barbecued chicken; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 red onion, halved, sliced; 2 carrots, sliced; 1 large green or red banana chilli, sliced; 2 celery stalks, sliced; 2 rindless bacon rashers, diced; 200 gram button mushrooms, sliced; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 1 cup (250ml) dry white wine, salt-reduced chicken stock or water; 500 gram jar tomato pasta sauce; 1/2 cup (60g) pitted black olives (optional); 2 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley; cooked short pasta or instant polenta, to serve

Quick chicken cacciatore

Warm your insides with this hearty chicken cacciatore - it's the ultimate comfort food for a hungry family.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

20M

Total

30M

Ingredients

1 barbecued chicken

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 red onion, halved, sliced

2 carrots, sliced

1 large green or red banana chilli, sliced

2 celery stalks, sliced

2 rindless bacon rashers, diced

200 gram button mushrooms, sliced

2 clove garlic, crushed

1 cup (250ml) dry white wine, salt-reduced chicken stock or water

500 gram jar tomato pasta sauce

1/2 cup (60g) pitted black olives (optional)

2 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley

cooked short pasta or instant polenta, to serve

Method

1.Cut barbecued chicken into pieces, separating legs, thighs, wings and breasts. Cut breast pieces in half. Set aside, discarding rib cage.

2.Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium-high. Add onion, carrot, chilli, celery and bacon and cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes, until softened.

3.Stir in mushroom and garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Stir in wine. Using a wooden spoon, scrape brown bits from base of pan and stir.

4.Add pasta sauce, mix well and bring to boil. Stir in olives, if using. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, until sauce thickens.

5.Fold through chicken, season and leave on heat for 3-4 minutes, until hot. Spoon onto plates. Scatter with parsley and serve with pasta or polenta.

For a super-simple version of this dish you can leave out the carrot, capsicum, celery and bacon. To make up for the missing vegetables, serve the chicken with a green salad as well as the pasta or polenta.
Note

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