Chicken Cacciatore

One of the many dishes on my Italian menu arsenal is this dish. Having a Dinner party this dish is quick and easy just use one large piece of Chicken breast per person and you're golden. Serve it over penne pasta or linguine and some garlic bread and maybe a small salad and you're good to go. Don't forget the red wine too. If you don't have Madeira, you can use a good red wine instead. 

Ingredients

¼ cup olive oil
2 large skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into chunks.
1 large onion quartered and sliced.
3 cloves garlic, minced.
2 green peppers sliced and cut into chunks
8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms.
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dried rosemary
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (14.5 ounces) can of diced tomatoes in juice
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
½ cup Madeira wine
8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add in ½ the olive oil and begin browning the chicken pieces until chicken is browned on all sides 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the chicken pieces with a slotted spoon, and place them into a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Pour the remaining olive oil into the same skillet, add onions and peppers, and stir the onions, garlic, mushrooms, oregano, basil, salt, rosemary, and black pepper until the onions are translucent, and peppers are soft and the mushrooms are browned 5 to 8 minutes. Mix in diced tomatoes with their juice and tomato sauce. Stir the sauce well and pour over the chicken in the baking dish. Cover the dish with foil.

Bake the chicken until the sauce is bubbling, about 45 minutes. Uncover, and drizzle the Madeira wine over the dish, and top with mozzarella cheese. Return to oven, uncovered, and bake until the cheese is melted, about 10 more minutes.

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