Chicken Cacciatore

Italian dish packed full of delicious flavours.

Cacciatore means 'hunter' in direct Italian translation and foodwise is means the dish is made 'hunter-style' usually including ingredients such as onions, herbs and tomatoes. This recipe includes these classics as well as lots of other delicious ingredients which really brings the dish together with lots of flavours to stew in the slow cooker creating a deliciously rich sauce. A little more effort in terms of preparations but totally worth it.

I served mine up with orzo as something a little different, but can also be served with rice or potatoes.

Chicken Cacciatore

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 8 chicken legs

• 8 rashers of bacon chopped

• 1 white onion

• 4 cloves of garlic crushed

• 500g passata

• 2 tbsp tomato puree

• 50ml balsamic vinegar

• 300ml chicken stock

• 20 pitted green or black olives, halved

• small handful parsley

• 3 sprigs rosemary

• 1 tbsp smoked paprika

• handful of flour

• salt and pepper

Directions

1. Place flour in a bowl and mix in paprika, salt and pepper. Coat each chicken leg in the flour mix.

2. Heat a pan, brown of the chicken legs and set aside

3. Add the bacon, garlic, rosemary and onion, stir fry until onions have softened and bacon is crisped.

4. Place bacon mix into slow cooker and add passata, tomato puree, vinegar, chicken stock and olives and mix up.

5. Add the chicken legs and gently coat in sauce.

6. Cook on low for 8 hours

7. Serve and scatter with chopped parsley