Chicken Cacciatore

Chicken Cacciatore

Recipe given by Mrs. Cummings

In this meal, we used my cut up chicken. So the pieces were already cut up a day before, and sat in the fridge overnight. We also used the same oil from the country fried chicken that was left in the skillet. First we heated up the skillet to 350 degrees, and we didn't the oven for this meal. So I got out my chicken and started to make the coating. I mixed flour, salt, and pepper and then coated the chicken. I then gently put the pieces in the hot oil in the skillet and made sure each side was golden-brown.

While the chicken was in the skillet, me and my partner cut up the vegetables. I started off by mincing the garlic clove, while my partner got the half cup of onion. Next I cut up the green bell pepper, and it was my first time seeing the inside of a pepper and it was strange. I then took the chicken out and cleaned the skillet while my partner measure out the oregano, white wine, and got the can of tomatoes.

I then added the vegetables to the clean skillet and waited till they were golden brown. Once they were, I put the chicken back in and added the oregano, white wine, and tomatoes and lowered the temperature to 325 degrees. I then covered the skillet for 30 minutes, checking the inside of the chicken making sure it was 165 degrees before I could take it out. We then put the chicken and vegetables into a big bowl and put them in the fridge for overnight.

The next day, we started on the noodles to add with the chicken. While the noodles were cooking, we put the chicken in the microwave to heat the pieces back up to 165 degrees. Once the noodles were soft, I took them out and put a whole lot on my plate because I love noodles. The chicken was fantastic and was very moist as well as the vegetables too. Adding the vegetables, made this meal a little more healthy for me and it also tasted well! I couldn't really taste any garlic, or pepper, but I could definitely taste tomato. I could also taste and smell the white wine, but there was no alcohol because with the taste because the alcohol disappeared. Overall this meal helped me cut better with my knife, and so I think I have improved on that. I think ate more noodles than most of the chicken because the chicken was so hot, so next time I wouldn't leave it in the microwave for too long. (Sorry no pictures again).