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Chicken Cacciatore

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time2 hours
Rest Time1 hour
Total Time3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 20 - 30

Ingredients

  • 18 Chicken Thighs with skin and bone in
  • 2 sticks Butter
  • 3 Green Peppers
  • 4 Onions
  • 9 Cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 cans Tomato Sauce 28 oz cans
  • 2 jars Pasta Sauce 45 oz jars
  • 4 tbsp Sugar
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions

  • Salt chicken and let sit for 1 hour.
  • In a large pan melt butter and brown chicken on both sides. Does not need to be cooked all the way through. Set chicken aside.
  • Slice peppers and onions and add to butter in pan with garlic. Cook for 20-30 minutes until soft.
  • Add the tomato and pasta sauce, sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 15 mins.
  • Remove the skin from the chicken and pull the meat from the bone. Add the chicken to the sauce and cook for at least 45 minutes.
  • Serve with elbow macaroni.

Notes

  • You can use store bought or homemade pasta sauce
  • When browning the chicken you do not need to cook it all the way through, this will make it harder to pull from the bone but give the sauce a better taste. The chicken will finish cooking in the sauce
  • This is a large batch recipe and can be frozen to save for later