Chicken Cacciatore (with A Kick!)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2-3 1/2 lbs chicken (cut up)
• 2 medium onions (sliced thin)
• 2 -3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes (cut up)
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms (drained)
• 2 -3 jalapeno peppers (sliced or chopped with seeds)
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano or 2 teaspoons basil (crushed)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary (crushed)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup dry wine

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven pot cook onions, garlic and jalapenos in oil until onions are tender.
• 2 remove onion mixture and set aside.
• 3 in same pot brown chicken on all sides (add more oil if needed).
• 4 return onion mixture to pot.
• 5 in a bowl combine tomatoes, tomato sauce, mushrooms, bay leaves, oregano or basil, salt, pepper and rosemary.
• 6 pour mixture over chicken and onions in pot.
• 7 cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 8 stir in wine.
• 9 remove cover and continue to cook over low heat for about 15 more minutes stirring frequently to help break up some of the chicken as to thicken the sauce.
• 10 discard bay leaves.
• 11 serve over hot cooked noodles.
• 12 optional: remove chicken from pot after first 30 minutes of cooking--let cool and debone--add meat back to pot and continue cooking (this is my favorite way to prepare this dish-no bones!).