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Roast Chicken Cacciatora

Roast Chicken Cacciatora
Pollo alla Cacciatora is a true classic of Italian countryside cooking. Here’s a take on this famous Hunter’s Chicken for a truly delicious roast chicken Sunday lunch.

Ingredients

Ingredients: 

  • 5kg chicken
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • ½ lemon
  • 10g parsley, stalks and leaves separated
  • 2 red onions, cut into wedges
  • 2 red peppers, cut into 4cm chunks
  • 1 jar Sacla’ Cacciatora Sauce with Tomato, Olive and Herbs
  • 20g pitted green olives, sliced

How to make the recipe

Method: 

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan. Rub the chicken with half the oil. Season and put lemon and parsley stalks in the cavity.
  2. Place the chicken in a roasting tin and add onions and peppers. Drizzle the veg with the more oil and season with a pinch of salt. Roast for 45 mins. 
  3. Now pour the Cacciatora Sauce around the chicken and stir. Cook for another 30-40 mins until everything is cooked.
  4. Serve scattered with olives and parsley leaves.