Cast Iron Chicken Cacciatore

[jcam222]

Still have plenty of $0.99 / lbs thighs to use up so decided to do some cacciatore’ish type meal with a Putanesca and meat sauce flair. Total wing it today no recipe. 1 1/2 lbs bulk Italian sausage browned crumbled and set aside.

About 6 lbs of chicken thighs seasoned with salt and Italian seasoning.

Browning a bit in the sausage grease skin side down. These went in the oven on a pan for 20 minutes @ 400F while I worked on the sauce

Sweet onions and peppers into the pan to sauté along with plenty of minced garlic

Once cooked down time to add the mushrooms

Sausage back into the mix

Couple cans each of tomato purée and diced tomatoes, small can of tomato paste. Plenty of Italian seasoning, salt and some powdered garlic.

Green olives and capers. Man I love capers.

Stirred up and simmered for a few minutes then added in the chicken. Into the oven for about 25 -30 minutes at 350F.

Out of the oven

Made up a few to go dishes for my daughter and buddy with regular pasta. Here is one plated up for home on keto konjac spaghetti.

Thanks for looking!

 

[TNJAKE]

Man Jeff that looks so damn good. I'm a huge caper fan as well

 

[DRKsmoking]

Very very nice, I could eat that any day at all.

Well done again Jeff.

And of coarse nice pictorial also,

David

 

[bauchjw]

Wow! Top notch meal! I’ve never cooked cacciatore, looks beautiful and has to be delicious! Great work, awesome photos! Thank you for the inspiration!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Now that a great dish to make on bad weather day! Looks delish. We had ice and sleet yesterday and more to come. Stuck at home for a while and these would be a great dish to make.

 

[Steve H]

Man, I could eat a big plate of that! Very nice Jeff!

 

[chopsaw]

Nice work again Jeff .

 

[Newglide]

Man that looks good. My daughter got me a new cast iron skillet this weekend, I may just have to break it in.

 

[xray]

Wow that looks delicious Jeff! Much better than any cacciatore I’ve seen. I’m a big caper fan too, there’s always a jar sitting in my fridge.

 

[SmokyMose]

Looks darn good for "off the cuff"!
I'll have to downsize it, but I think I'll give this a try. I already have all the ingredients except capers, which I have to admit I've never had. I can use some of my canned tomatoes from '21 that I need to use up. I'm getting the hang of the pasta machine and this gives me an excuse to make Italian bread :-)
Another bookmark.....

 

[sawhorseray]

Nice work there Jeff, I can really go for that dish, good Job! RAY

 

[jcam222]

Man Jeff that looks so damn good. I'm a huge caper fan as well

Thanks Jake! Yep capers are awesome , love them on Cesar salads too.

Very very nice, I could eat that any day at all.

Well done again Jeff.

And of coarse nice pictorial also,

David

Thank you David

Wow! Top notch meal! I’ve never cooked cacciatore, looks beautiful and has to be delicious! Great work, awesome photos! Thank you for the inspiration!

Thanks Jed, it’s a nice meal to essentially do one dish cook on

Now that a great dish to make on bad weather day! Looks delish. We had ice and sleet yesterday and more to come. Stuck at home for a while and these would be a great dish to make.

Thanks Brian, no ice or sleet but very cold here today at 10F

Man, I could eat a big plate of that! Very nice Jeff!

Thanks Steve

Nice work again Jeff .

Thanks Rich

Man that looks good. My daughter got me a new cast iron skillet this weekend, I may just have to break it in.

Thanks , sounds like a good plan

Wow that looks delicious Jeff! Much better than any cacciatore I’ve seen. I’m a big caper fan too, there’s always a jar sitting in my fridge.

Thanks Joe, same here. I have a couple jars of something called caper berries too. Huge and similar flavor.

Looks darn good for "off the cuff"!
I'll have to downsize it, but I think I'll give this a try. I already have all the ingredients except capers, which I have to admit I've never had. I can use some of my canned tomatoes from '21 that I need to use up. I'm getting the hang of the pasta machine and this gives me an excuse to make Italian bread :-)
Another bookmark.....

If you like salty brine flavor like olives with a bit more bite you have to try capers. Another great dish for chicken involves lemon and caper

Nice work there Jeff, I can really go for that dish, good Job! RAY

Thanks Ray!

 

[CTXSmokeLover]

That looks delicious. I'd eat myself silly. Nicely done

 

[912smoker]

Bookmarked Jeff ! I've never had capers but gotta try your recipe!
Thanks for sharing.

Keith

 

[tx smoker]

Wow Jeff, another absolutely spectacular meal and stunning presentation. I'd eat myself sick with that meal because there would be no stopping me. My only question: why is this not on the carousel? It is more than worthy, that's for sure.

I already have all the ingredients except capers

Capers add a wonderful flavor to food but be careful. They can get pretty salty, at least the ones I have in the fridge can. I tend to chop them up very small so as not to get a huge salt blast biting into one that's whole.

Robert

 

[SmokyMose]

Wow Jeff, another absolutely spectacular meal and stunning presentation. I'd eat myself sick with that meal because there would be no stopping me. My only question: why is this not on the carousel? It is more than worthy, that's for sure.

Capers add a wonderful flavor to food but be careful. They can get pretty salty, at least the ones I have in the fridge can. I tend to chop them up very small so as not to get a huge salt blast biting into one that's whole.

Robert

With the Mrs' low sodium diet I'll probably just pass on the capers....

 

[JC in GB]

Wow, looks awesome. This site is so inspirational. Thanks....

JC

 

[tx smoker]

With the Mrs' low sodium diet I'll probably just pass on the capers....

You might want to check them out. I don't know if it's actually salt or if they just taste salty. If it's just a salty flavor, they can bring a lot to the party.

Robert

 

[Gonna Smoke]

What a feast, Jeff!! That's some mighty fine cooking, my friend...