Cacciatore

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

1. 1
   Season the chicken pieces with the salt and black pepper.
2. 2
   Heat the oil in a wide pot and brown the chicken pieces on all sides. Remove to a plate.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot

   💡Brown the meat in batches, without crowding: in a crowded pot it stews in its own juices instead of searing.

   💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
3. 3
   Add the onion to the oil left in the wide pot and fry 5 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStoveWide, shallow pot

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
4. 4
   Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.
5. 5
   Add the peppers and fry about 5 minutes, stirring, until they soften.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
6. 6
   Add the mushrooms and fry, stirring, until the mushrooms release their liquid and it evaporates.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
7. 7
   Add the wine and cook 2 minutes, until the alcohol evaporates.

   Stove

   💡Reduce the wine before the tomatoes: the harsh alcohol evaporates, leaving the concentrated flavor of the wine.
8. 8
   Add the tomatoes, oregano, bay leaves and thyme and bring to a boil.

   Stove
9. 9
   Return the chicken pieces to the pot.
10. 10
    Turn down to low, cover and simmer 35–40 minutes, until the chicken pieces soft.

    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid

    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
11. 11
    Serve with pasta.