Creamy Chicken Cacciatori

[leo081977]

Kaylene's Creamy Chicken Cacciatori

Serves...6

Ingredients:
500g chook thighs (can cube but i prefer to cut up my chook once it is cooked, much easier)
300mL thickened cream (I used light)
2 large cloves garlic
onion
2 tomatoes (next time I think I will put in 3)
capsicum
large bunch fresh basil (straight from the garden of course)
teaspoon stock
spices (i used the first pack that came out of the drawer...Lemon,tyme and basil seasoning)

Preparation:
Whizz garlic and onion
Saute 2 mins at 100degrees
Throw in tomato, capsicum, basil...whizz to paste
Add chook, cream stock and spices
Cook 100 degrees, speed soft 15 minutes reverse.
Serve over noodles

For extra crunch, throw in snow peas 5 minutes before end. (could also use small broccoli florettes)

Thumbs up from all 4 of my kids (and I made this as throw it all in, see what happens )


Photos:
sorry no photos...it wasnt the most attractive looking of meals...had a green glow (I like my basil a LOT)

Tips/Hints:
You could throw ANY vege into this at the end, adds colour and texture

members' comments

JD - enjoyed it immensely.  Only made 1/2 quantity for the 2 of us with the following changes.
My tomato was not very ripe or tasty so added 10g tomato paste to compensate.
Used frozen roasted red capsicum, only 17 large basil leaves and used Portuguese Chicken seasoning.  Cooked it for an extra 5 minutes, removed a small jugful of sauce to freeze for another use then thickened what was left using a cornflour/water mixture.
To shred the chicken, I turned it up to speed 1 for the last minute when the thickening agent went in.  I followed your advice and added some sliced snow peas after this and cooked a further minute.  Served it over thin egg noodles.

JuliaC83 - Only had whipping cream, so substituted 200g of that cream and 50g light Philli cheese instead of 300g thickened cream.
I used 3 fresh tomatoes and at the end of cooking, did what was suggested by others and threw in a cornflour/water mixture for 1 minute on slow speed to thicken. Served the dish with brown rice. All family members liked it and was very easy to make.

[leo081977]

My first recipe entry I hope you enjoy it

[judydawn]

Good one Leo081977, it's a great feeling when you do your first conversion.  Not as tomatoey as normal cacciatori so my DH may like this one.

[Thermomixer]

Good work.  I made a sauce almost exactly the same, without chicken, for MrsT's pasta last night.  Sounds very yum with the cream and chicken.   

[judydawn]

Had this for lunch Kaylene and enjoyed it immensely.  Only made 1/2 quantity for the 2 of us with the following changes.
My tomato was not very ripe or tasty so added 10g tomato paste to compensate.
Used frozen roasted red capsicum, only 17 large basil leaves and used Portuguese Chicken seasoning.  Cooked it for an extra 5 minutes, removed a small jugful of sauce to freeze for another use then thickened what was left using a cornflour/water mixture.
To shred the chicken, I turned it up to speed 1 for the last minute when the thickening agent went in.  I followed your advice and added some sliced snow peas after this and cooked a further minute.  Served it over thin egg noodles.

[Thermomixer]

Good work JD - so glad you can post pics - it amkes a big difference to the posts 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

Lovely pic JD! 

[leo081977]

Thank you for that I never did get around to taking that photo....

[judydawn]

I probably overthickened it leo081977 so would watch that when I did it next.

[JuliaC83]

Made this for dinner tonight!

Only had whipping cream, so substituted 200g of that cream and 50g light Philli cheese instead of 300g thickened cream.
I used 3 fresh tomatoes and at the end of cooking, did what was suggested by others and threw in a cornflour/water mixture for 1 minute on slow speed to thicken. Served the dish with brown rice.

All family members liked it and was very easy to make