Quick chicken cacciatore

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands-on time 20-25 min, simmering time 30 min
  • Difficulty: easy

Try this simpler spin on classic chicken cacciatore, made with new potatoes, olives and fennel – it’s very quick to make.

Make double at the weekend then enjoy the leftovers for a quick midweek meal. Or, at the other end of the speed scale, why not try our slow cooker chicken cacciatore, and let the oven do all the work?

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Ingredients

  • 2 tsp light olive oil
  • 4 free-range chicken legs
  •  1 large fennel bulb, sliced into 6 wedges
  • 500g halved baby new potatoes
  • 5 bay leaves
  • 5 garlic cloves, quartered
  • 6 anchovy fillets in oil
  • 100g olives with rosemary and black pepper, roughly chopped
  • 350ml chicken stock
  • 150ml single cream
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Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in a casserole over a medium heat, then brown the chicken legs for 6 minutes on each side until golden. Remove the chicken and set aside. Add the fennel bulb (keep the fronds), to the casserole and fry for 5 minutes until golden, turning halfway.
  2. Meanwhile put the baby new potatoes in a pan of cold water. Cover with the lid, bring to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes, then drain.
  3. Return the chicken and the potatoes to the casserole with the bay leaves, garlic cloves, anchovy fillets, olives with rosemary and black pepper, roughly chopped, and a little salt and some black pepper. Mix well, then add the chicken stock. Bring to the boil, reduce to a fast simmer for 5 minutes, then cover, reduce the heat and simmer gently for 30 minutes until everything is tender.
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  5. Stir in the single cream and the reserved fennel fronds for the last 5 minutes of the cooking time, then serve.

Nutrition

  • 410kcals Calories
  • 20.7g (7.3g saturated) Fat
  • 32.1g Protein
  • 21.8g (3.2g sugars) Carbs
  • 4g Fibre
  • 1.5g Salt
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gpstyles151252@outlook.com

I love Italian food since I was inspired on our honeymoon in Naples. This dish was easy to make and I prepared and assembled all the ingredients before I started cooking. I will share the finished dish on FB and Instagram later

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