Chicken Cacciatore Recipe: A Last-Minute Dinner

Life's hectic. After you go to work all day, pick up the kids, go to the grocery store, pay the bills, go to appointments, run errands, and clean house in addition to everything else you do, you're exhausted. The day isn't over yet and you still have to feed your family. What are you going to cook for Dinner tonight? Meal planning is one of the hardest decisions that I have to make every day. It sometimes seems like you have the same menu week after week. If someone could tell me what to cook for supper every night, I would be so happy. Here is the recipe for Chicken Cacciatore that was a last minute cooking decision for supper last week.

Thaw out a 4 piece package of split chicken breasts. Next, dip the chicken breasts in some flour, black pepper, and salt mixed together. Fry the chicken in a skillet with ½ inch vegetable oil. The oil should be about 350 to 375 degrees. Next, brown the chicken on all sides, turning, and cover with a lid. After the chicken is done, take out of the skillet and set aside.

Find a large sauce pan. Open 2 small cans of diced tomatoes and a small jar of Ragu pasta sauce. Pour all of it in the pan. Cut up 1 small stalk of celery and add. I was out of bell pepper so I used celery instead. Cut 1 small onion into rings and dump in. Sprinkle just a little Italian seasoning, black pepper, and garlic powder to taste. Stir well. The tomatoes and Ragu already have salt in both of them so you shouldn't have to add any.

Set the 4 pieces of split chicken breasts on top of all the sauce ingredients. Cover pan and simmer on low to medium high heat for about one hour until vegetables are done and chicken is tender. Be sure to check on pan constantly and stir sauce in pan.

You can eat this Chicken Cacciatore with mashed potatoes and use the sauce for gravy. I made rice to go with it because I was out of potatoes. You could also eat it with spaghetti noodles or sprinkle cheese on top if you wanted to.

The Chicken Cacciatore turned out really good. My family loved it. My husband was glad that I didn't put bell pepper in it, so the celery was a good thing. I'll definitely cook this again another night.