Chicken Cacciatora

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 -5 lbs chicken pieces
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 ounces salt lamb (or pancetta, if you can get it) or 2 ounces bacon, chopped fine (or pancetta, if you can get it)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 lb onion
• 2 chicken livers, chopped
• 2 chicken gizzards, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
• 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary
• 10 fresh parsley sprigs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• salt (if using salt lamb, use less salt)
• 4 medium sized ripe tomatoes or 2 cups canned diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 cup dry wine

Recipe

• 1 combine oil, salt lamb and butter in a good-sized pot; heat.
• 2 add onions and saute slowly.
• 3 add chicken pieces and chopped livers and gizzards and brown for 5 minutes on each side.
• 4 add garlic, rosemary and parsley, salt and pepper. stir well.
• 5 cook for 5 minutes.
• 6 add tomatoes and tomato paste and cook slowly for about 30 minutes or until done.
• 7 check for doneness and salt. do not overcook.
• 8 serve with grated parmesan.
• 9 variations: you can add 1/2 lb. quartered mushrooms 15 minutes into cooking. for a little more tomato flavor, add another t of tomato paste ( i iike it like this). you can also use a bit of oregano.