Chicken Cacciatore – A great winter recipe

This recipe?is healthy and the kids will love it!?Serves 2-3 people

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 2 red capsicum (diced)
• 2 punnets of cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
• 200g of pitted green olives
• 60g of capers
• 100g of shallots (cut in half)
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• Sea salt to taste
• 1 bunch parsley

Method

1. Preheat oven to 220 ?C
2. Clean the chicken; remove the spine and the wings, cut the breast and leg into two pieces each
3. Add half of the olive oil and chicken pieces to a heavy based roasting pan with the skin side down
4. Roast the chicken in the oven for 3-7 minutes or until golden
5. Turn the oven down to 150?C
6. Add the capsicum and cherry tomatoes to the pan and cover with a lid and cook for one hour
7. After the first hour, add the shallots, green olives, and capers, and cook for another 2 hours covered with a lid
8. After the total of three hours in the oven the chicken will be nice and tender, finish with some fresh parsley, a drizzle of olive oil, and a sprinkle of sea salt.
9. Sprinkle some parsley over to serve

Recipe provided by Sotto Sopra
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