Chicken cacciatore & roast potatoes
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
Ingredients
- 1kg baby potatoes, halved
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, finely chopped
- 2 peppers, roughly chopped
- 8 garlic cloves, crushed
- 60g tomato purée
- 150ml red wine
- 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
- ½ beef stock cube
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 5 rosemary sprigs
- 5 thyme sprigs
- 100g pitted black olives, drained
- Small handful of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
Method
- STEP 1
Put the potatoes in a pan of cold salted water and bring to the boil. Cook for 10-12 mins until tender, then drain and set aside in a colander to steam-dry.
- STEP 2
Heat a casserole dish or large frying pan over a medium-high heat and drizzle in half the oil. Season the chicken thighs all over and add to the pan. Cook for 5 mins, until golden, then flip and cook until the other side is golden. Remove to a plate and set aside. Reduce the heat to medium, stir in the onions, celery and carrots and cook for 6-8 mins, until beginning to soften.
- STEP 3
Meanwhile, heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the potatoes onto a baking tray and drizzle over the remaining oil. Season well and toss to combine. Roast for 40-45 mins, until golden and crisp all over, shuffling the potatoes in the tray occasionally.
- STEP 4
Add the peppers and garlic to the pan containing the onions, celery and carrots, and cook for 1-2 mins, then stir in the tomato purée and cook for a further minute. Increase the heat and pour in the wine. Let it bubble away for 2 min, then mix in the chopped tomatoes and stock cube. Return the chicken thighs to the pan along with the dried oregano, rosemary and thyme. Cover with a lid and bake for 45-50 mins. Remove the lid, stir in the olives and bake for a further 20 mins, until the sauce is reduced and the chicken is cooked through and tender. Serve with the parsley sprinkled over the top and the potatoes on the side.