Chicken Cacciatore....Skinny Taste Style

Chicken Cacciatore Skinny Taste Style is a healthy version of the traditional recipe only cooked in the slow cooker till the chicken and vegetables are tender.

This is another family favorite crock pot recipe you'll be making over and over again.

I love being able to put a meal together early in the morning and come home from a busy to having dinner waiting for me. What's even better is the smell that greets you after a long day of work or running errands!   Life is really so much easier when I know I can have dinner almost ready as soon as we get home. 

This chicken cacciatore recipe is one I found on Skinny Taste blog a few years ago. I made a few adjustments from the original recipe but it still turned out good.

Table of Contents

• What is Chicken Cacciatore
• Main Ingredients Needed
• Step-by-Step Instructions
• What type of Chicken works Best
• Cooking Tip:
• What to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore
• More Recipes to Love
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What is Chicken Cacciatore

Cacciatore in Italian means hunter and is first prepared by browning the chicken in oil and then adding onions, herbs and peppers cooked together with tomatoes for about an hour until the chicken is tender.  

However, this recipe for chicken cacciatore uses the slow cooker to cook the chicken with the peppers and onions slow and low until the chicken is ready to fall apart and the tomatoes have thickened into a delicious sauce to serve over your choice of pasta.

Main Ingredients Needed

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• 2 to 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 bag of frozen peppers and onions
• 1- 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
• 1 to 2 tsp. Italian Seasoning
• salt and pepper; to taste

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Spray the slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Add the chicken breasts, bag of peppers and onions, Italian seasoning to the slow cooker.
3. Pour the can of crushed tomatoes on top.
4. Cook the chicken on lowfor 4 hours or high for 8 hours. 
5. When the chicken is done, serve over cooked rice or noodles and season with salt and pepper if needed. 

What type of Chicken works Best

• Traditional chicken cacciatore uses chicken thighs, but I am not a fan of chicken thighs, so I used boneless, skinless chicken breasts which is what I had on hand. 
• Bone in chicken breasts would be even better because the bone will give you so much flavor as it cooks in the crock pot. 

Cooking Tip:

Take the lid off the slow cooker for the last 30 minutes of cooking to help thicken the sauce. 

What to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore

• Serve chicken cacciatore over pasta, gnocchi, rice or even egg noodles like I did. Some people prefer to serve roasted potatoes as well. A nice salad or even broccoli sauteed in butter and garlic is delicious. 
• You never go wrong with serving garlic bread or even my recipe for Garlic Monkey Bread is perfect. 
• Just before serving grate some fresh Parmesan cheese on top.  

More Recipes to Love

• Hasselback Chicken Stuffed with Mozzarella, Tomatoes and Basil
• Grilled Chicken Sandwiches
• Chicken Cutlets Italian Style
• Crock Pot Salsa Chicken

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