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Polo Alla Cacciatora Recipe
Serves: 5
Keywords: Italian, Chicken, game, recipe, recipes, Polo Alla Cacciatora Recipe
Ingredients
3
lb.
Frying chicken cut
Into 4 to 6 pieces
3
tb
Veg oil
1
c
Flour
Salt and pepper
2/3
c
Dry wine (i. e. the Marsala)
1/3
c
Thinly sliced yellow onion
1
Green pepper, seeded, cut
In thin strips
1
medium
Carrot, sliced very thin
½
Stalk celery, cut in
Thin strips
1
Clove garlic, peeled and
Chopped very fine
2/3
c
Canned Italian tomatoes,
Coarsely chopped, with
Their juices.
Directions
- Dredge chicken in flour, shake off excess; brown on both sides in oil in large skillet.
- Transfer to warm platter, season with salt and pepper.
- Draw off most of fat, add wine, boil rapidly til reduced by half; scrape up any residue in pan; lower heat to medium, add sliced onion, cook 5 mins.
- Add chicken pieces, all but breasts; add sliced pepper, carrot, celery, garlic, tomatoes and juice; adjust to low simmer and cover.
- After 10 mins add breasts, cook til tender, about 30 mins.
- Turn and baste chicken a few times while cooking.
- Transfer chicken to platter.
- If sauce in pan is too thin, boil briskly til it thickens; pour sauce over chicken and serve immediately.
- Marcella Hazan's "The Classic Italian Cookbook"