Chicken Cacciatore

A classic Italian dish that I love making. The “caccia” in cacciatore means “hunt,” so I guess this is chicken hunter’s style. It's been an Italian-American favorite for years and a dish with roots going back to the Renaissance. This dish is good made with a whole chicken, but I prefer it made with drum sticks and thighs only. It's great with polenta or some pasta, but I love it with a chunk of crusty semolina bread. Join me in my kitchen as I make it here. #LidiasRecipes #LidiasItaly #LidiasKitchen #LidiaBastianich #ItalianFood #25YearsofLidia #FromLidiasTableToYours #lidiassoundtrack
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[@rselby0654]

Omg her mom is so adorable!

[@rachelbowley3567]

Delicioso Lidia. I love seeing Grandma. I miss her and the singing. ❤

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I love Grandma! So adorable and what a beauty!

[@rider65]

nonna per sempre😊

[@canolaoil]

Must be an old episode, dear Grandma 😢

[@corinnedagostino4687]

Lidia, just love watching your relaxed way of cooking. I am 89 years old and you bring my Mom's Italian way of cooking to memory. Both she and my mother-in-law taught me so much. God bless you.

[@jullesadams1398]

Thank, thank you, thank you!!!

[@ContrastY]

A classic hearty and satisfying meal

[@-RONNIE]

Always a good meal 👍🏻 thanks for sharing

[@harrybyrne950]

She makes it look so effortless

[@cynthiabolanis255]

What a sweet mother

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

I can't cook like my Italian American mother. I tried your recipe with a little spin, and I can't believe it! It was fantastic! Thank you.

[@cynthiabolanis255]

Black olives added would be a nice touch

[@jasonguzman564]

I added it to mine. Great flavor

[@margokupelian344]

YUMMIEEEE!!! It will taste better the next day.

[@ergbudster3333]

So fine! I already ate.. sausage with pasta.. but watching made me hungry aqain! Fantastico indeed!

[@shortstuff2700]

You're so enjoying yourself!! Isnt cooking wonderful!•😊

[@sammyhakimvlogs5608]

This Chicken Cacciatore recipe looks so delicious 😋 Chef Lidia.

[@billgrandone3552]

I had to laugh when i saw Lidia save the backs for soup. It so reminded me of my grandmother who made something she called "Social Security Soup." It was the meal she made when there was too much month left at the end of the money- hence the name. In those days her grocer got whole chickens with just their heads missing. His butcher would cut up the chickens and if the customer wanted the necks and backs he would put them in with the giblets. If not then they would be trashed. My grandmother and he had a little game. She would come in an say that she found a stray dog she was nursing to health and wanted to make it some chicken broth and the butcher would wrap up some necks and backs and give them to her for nothing. The dog ruse was so people would not think she was begging for food for herself. She woulld then buy carrots, celery, and an onion or two, and a small box of barley at a price in the 1950 that was less than $1.25 for everything. She would then boil the necks and backs and cut up and saute the vegetables. Everything would then go into a pot of boiling water seasoned with chicken boullion or broth and then the barley. Add to that a generous amount of black pepper and salt to taste and you have a hearty and cheap soup. With a loaf of buttered bread and a glass of wine it was heaven. I'm 74 , older than she was when she first made it for me. She never saw her grandkids. but they have all enjoyed that soup and now make it for their own families. And they don't have to beg the butcher to make it. We all can still afford chicken.

[@joycehilkey7238]

One of the first meals I made for my new husband and several of his GI friends. I honestly don’t why I knew how to make it but I watched you and by gum, I did it right…I learned to cut up a chicken when I was 8 years old…( out of necessity). We had a crusty bread and a good wine they brought….i cooked this in England 56 years ago…when finding all the ingredients wasn’t as easy as you might think. I prepared the tomato’s myself..not the same kind as I would in later years…when I canned my own. Thank you for making me feel so good about as you say..using common sense.

[@SeaTurtle515]

Thank you for another delishious recipe. And I can’t wait to make the cheesey bread for my family.

[@kellydunn4344]

We all miss her Lydia...but you miss her the most.....she was always so proud of you ❤

[@TartanJack]

Bless you for such wonderful food

[@renae9365]

I’ve tried to make homemade pasta and never got it right. I used your recipe…boom, perfect!!! My hubby likes store bought pasta. No accounting for taste, I love it!!!!

[@hestergreen2031]

Oh this looks so delicious. Love this

[@edwardstevensjr9506]

This looks so yummy and delicious thanks for sharing this recipe with us.Lidia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@petecilione4166]

Beautiful meal. Thank you.🎉

[@elivaalas4227]

Mmmm😋delicious👍

[@shirleymurphy1958]

Love all of this ,❤

[@karenrich9092]

My recipe for chicken cacciatore came from my Sicilian mother-in-law. She baked it in the roasting pan with poatoes, celery, and peppers. Then the last 15 minutes you add the peas, mushrooms, and olives. The first part also includes the tomato sauce. And we added rice to serve at the table. There was always extra veggies for some reason, so we added pasta to it for another meal. Also, I say an Italian table is set with knife, fork, spoon and bread.

[@lindacoffin5110]

So good!

[@briangupton1667]

Fantasy food for me! I love it!

[@niurkac9097]

Wow !!!😮 very delicious food.

[@inocenciotensygarcia1012]

I loved this recipe.

[@dianaw.571]

Mmmm!❤

[@vincesmith4857]

Thank you for this maam, I truely appreciate it. Your mother is a doll!

[@user-hp9cj5fv2h]

I love your show ❤

[@aiKhmerBeauty]

Thank you for sharing this recipe.

[@gracielicastro9731]

Thank you very much for your recipes ciao ❤❤🌹😘

[@aprile271]

grazie sign lidia come sempre una delizia vederla cucinare insieme a noi, buone cose cin cin

[@fulviafoschi8129]

Stupendo piatto, una delizia per il palato, bravissimaaaaaa❤

[@dinads392]

siempre han gustado sus recetas😊

[@juanaguitierrez1801]

That looks delicious

[@axiomist4488]

Such a simply delicious dish and the rustic bread with cheese really adds to it . Polenta underneath would give it an extra kick, or serve it Cuban style, over rice !

[@alisablaylock7856]

😊💙🙂 hi Lydia you made one of my favorites Chicken Cacciatore I didn't know you can use wine in the sauce so I learned 😂something new today thank you🎉

[@dianavazquez3038]

Looks yummy Like all your recipes 😍

[@gloriawinbush1590]

Love Grandma❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰!

[@sabinahernandez9329]

Delicious and very good 😋Thank You very much

[@megkruse8712]

So glad to find you!!

[@maudeboggins9834]

I love Ms. Bastianich's videos, so helpful & so delicious. Her son is the image of her.

[@annavizard970]

I put potatoes in mine. I don't know, I like it that way, but this looks wonderful!

[@davedube1148]

That looks delicious. ❤❤Grandma💛💛

[@user-cz5du5ds4j]

Hi Lydia Just watched your chicken cacciatore segment on utube. I would love to make this dish for my family,however I have no experience with wines. Could you recommend a good white wine Love to hear from you Lindy nolan

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My mom and i love your recipes lidia.

[@jullesadams1398]

That looks just delicious!!!

[@roccosophie6498]

I always enjoy your show, Lidia. So did my blessed and beloved mother. Her family was from Sicily. They sailed from Naples to New York before she was born, obviously. She and her siblings were the first to be born, here. We lost her last year, she was 91. But your show helps me remember the fun I always had with her in the kitchen. She especially always loved it when your mother was on the show. God bless you both and thank you.😊

[@aprile271]

grazie Lidia bellissimmo piatto sempre buono l'acqualina in bocca !! ciao viva la e po bon !!!

[@dianegonzales7345]

👏 ❤😊yummy 😋

[@princesszhorne]

Yummy from Atlanta Ga ❤

[@christeenprice5637]

Awesome recipe thanks Lisa👍❤️👍❤️👍

[@annmorton2611]

I am surprised you don’t put any garlic in the dish??Love your programmes .Ann 🇨🇦

[@radubochis3258]

Nice video.Thanks.

[@user-tv7un4bt9e]

This type of dish is like chicken Afritada as called in our country only we don’t put mushrooms instead we put potatoes and carrots the bell peppers are there too

[@sylviavandegrift1388]

I’ve made this dish before not using your recipe and it looks a lot easier than what I used I’m going to try this. Thank you for sharing.

[@barbaracoffey9315]

Love you Lidia, have your book, a pot pan and a bowl

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❤❤Yummy

[@angeladicesare7003]

È fantastica signora😊

[@jullesadams1398]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulone65]

Never made this dish on the shove, always in the oven, will have to try it your way.

[@edro3838]

👍 got serious today!

[@aalatastykitchen786]

Delicious yummy recipe thanks for sharing 💐😋 stay connected sister 💐

[@paigemccormick6519]

Molto ben'!

[@gladysclausing8785]

I am intrigued at the fact I saw no garlic go in this dish. Or did I miss it? Thank you!

[@Heba689]

Wonder ❤

[@rs_gufran_rsh2858]

💙💙💙💙

[@user-ku8yg7we9q]

Question please, do you marinated chichen and washing?? Or directly used? Which way is the best,

[@mariagouveiagillies8395]

What is your recipe for the punch? I am new to your Channel and I just loved this video ...

[@ricardosanfernando7378]

GREAT! And without garlic which means that you know hou to season a meal

[@triryche3]

My Great Grandma liked to eat the backs. What there was to eat on them I have no idea! But according to Grandma she'd fry them.

[@Khalito22]

Can you make a non alcoholic aperotivo one day?

[@jullesadams1398]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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[@josaczyn]

Would you use Calabrian pepper flakes instead of pepperoncini?

[@tinatito6273]

Are the mushrooms your idea or is it an Italian thing because I don’t ever remember my mom or grandma putting mushrooms in the cacciatore?

[@CollegeRecruitsNW]

How can I become part of the family? Yumm!!

[@edward2448]

Ciao, Sembra Delizioso 🇺🇸✝️🇮🇹

[@marianimal9805]

Can you fry the chicken in olive oil?

[@paigemccormick6519]

Lydia said a higher frying temp is better; o.o. will burn.

[@Joyib]

Why don’t you use a bigger pot?

[@anderander5662]

With the backbone neck and tail my mom could make a delicious soup that would feed six people...

[@catherinmus9364]

I wish you show us how you make it in the Italian restaurant as cuttlet no chicken pieces with bone it's faster yammer I buy it at portofinos restaurant with spag

[@marilynmadrid9550]

None of us like bell pepper…can we leave them out? And wouldn’t adding a bay leaf give it an extra wonderful flavor?

[@eirinigalatianou3144]

👍👍👍👍😜😜😜😜

[@gorillafacewastaken]

Question: Why did you not season the vegetables while roasting them? There must be a reason

[@santaortega2198]

Don’t add salt because it will release the water from the vegetables, if you want to roast them

[@jond5925]

U OUT DID UR SELF AGAIN,,A LITTLE SIDE OF PASTA WOULDN'T HURT NONE,,AH MONJAY!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍🌞🌞🌞🛎🛎🛎

[@LoneWombat2126]

We love one pot meals! ❤ However, science has shown that the alcohol in cooking does NOT completely dissipate…it would require approximately the temperature inside a kiln or the heat used by blacksmiths to completely cook out the wine. I actually knew someone whose son accidentally ate something with alcohol cooked in it, and the alcohol had a bad enough reaction to a medication he was taking and ended up in a life threatening situation, which also puzzled the ER doctors who couldn’t figure out why he had so much alcohol in his system, as it was a bourbon or vodka sauce or whatever, and the alcohol was added and just kept warm, (they didn’t know enough about the restaurant and ingredients at the time, etc.). Wine might not be so bad, but still, this misinformation that every chef who cooks with wine says could be a problem for some.

[@carolcole570]

Before you cooked the veggies, you poured out the oil from the chicken…..and then used new oil. Why didn’t you just use the same oil ? Seems like it would have given it even MORE flavor !

[@f.sifneri4773]

Where’s the garlic?

[@khalsalesforce]

I'm impressed with your effort, and to make it even better, I'd like to invite you to send KHAL one of your own cooking tutorial videos.+*/-*/-*/

[@LoneWombat2126]

It’s not called butchering, it’s technically called fabrication of the chicken, according to current training.

[@paigemccormick6519]

"Slaughter" is killing the animal; "butchering" is cutting for various degrees of distribution, such as primals, roasts, steaks, etc. But I hear you say that "fabrication" is used. Is that traditional or modern vocabulary?

[@Zombeegun]

This is an old video

[@korbandallas8931]

Vegetable oil is so bad for you. Please use oils from a fruit, like olive oil. Mama mia! Other than that, I'm making this tonight.

[@flowers59366]

Avocado oil, ..make sure its pure avocado oil, excellent high temp fry, and save the good evoo for salads...yum

[@terryhoblit1954]

Lydia is so sweet but her son Joe is such an A hole

[@rider65]

coconut or avocado oil NOT veg oil...

[@richardengelhardt582]

Italians did not use coconut or avocado oil until 10-20 years ago

[@raymondmuench3266]

Maybe grape seed oil but not coconut.

[@rider65]

LMAO! Yeah, use veggie oil...one of the WORST seed oils. @@richardengelhardt582

[@rider65]

I use a mix of coconut oil & evoo al the time for chicken & pork. No discernible difference in taste. Huge difference in unsaturated fats. Most seed oils are garbage.@@raymondmuench3266