Easy Chicken Cacciatore | Gimme Some Oven (2024)

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I considered making a “fancier” recipe for this week of the Tomato Love Recipe Exchange. But alas, favorites are favorites.

So allow me to introduce to you whatthis food blogger absolutely loves to make once or twice a month — easy chicken cacciatore. I credit this recipe completely to my friend, Sarah, who is a whiz at improvising creative new recipes on the fly. Years ago when I was coming over for dinner one night, I walked in to the most delicious smell coming from the kitchen. When I asked what she had made, she of course had “thrown” together some random ingredients she had on hand (rotisserie chicken, a jar of roasted red peppers, onion, jalapeno and chicken stock), let them bake together for an hour or so, and then served the delicious mixture over egg noodles.

I expected it to be good. But it wascrazy good. And so simple!

I’ve tweaked my own version of it over the past few years, now just adding in some tomatoes and the juice from the jar of roasted reds instead of chicken broth. (I know, not fancy, but so flavorful!) I also share her love for adding the rotisserie chicken meat for the ease and extra flavor, but you can also use just simple chicken breasts with some extra seasoning if you’d like (as I’ve included in the recipe below). Finally, you can totally pop this in a baking pan and cook for an hour or until the chicken is done. Or what I love to do is let it simmer in the slow cooker all day and come home to a perfect dinner ready to go!

And of course, to do that, I would highly recommend entering this week’s giveaway for this amazing Set & Forget 6-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker from Hamilton Beach. I had no idea slow cookers could be so high tech, but I don’t know now if I can ever go back. This one is amazing!!! So be sure to enter the giveaway below for a chance to win, and would encourage you to continue checking out IJM’s Recipe for Change campaign this summer, where together we are learning how to make some changes to better take care of the great men and women who help grow our nation’s tomatoes.

How To Participate In The “Tomato Love Recipe Exchange” Favorite Tomato Recipe Week:

For a chance to win a Set & Forget 6-Quart Programmable Slow CookerfromHamilton Beach:

1. Write and post a recipe on your blog featuring your FAVORITE tomato recipe(s). (Or you can link to a previously posted recipe if you include the info below.)
2. Include “”Come share in the tomato love at theTomato Love Recipe Exchange, hosted byGimme Some Oven&Bake Your Day, sponsored this week byPizza Home Chef. Also visitRecipe for Changeto learn more about how to support tomato farmers.” in your blog post.
3. No blog? Just leave your recipe in the comments section.
4. Add your link to the InLinkz widget below (we have the same widget code, so only add it on one site).
5. Submit your post before Sunday August 26, 11:59pm CST.
6. Anyone can participate in the link up, but the prizes will ship to US addresses only.
7. More detailed info is availablehere. There are ways to earn additional entries, make sure to come back to this post and leave a comment for each entry that you complete.

Additional Entries For Everyone!

You can earn up to three additional entries by doing each of the following, but you must leave a comment below saying that you have done so.

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I love this slow cooker!!! Maybe I’m a little outdated, but for years I have just been using a simple slow cooker with a high/low knob. It worked most of the time, but occasionally over- or under-cooked food, and it definitely did not have any sort of timer so I had to keep an eye on it!

This slow cooker is another story. It is not only totally digital, but allows for 3 different cooking methods — manual, program or probe. The last one is quite possibly the coolest. It literally comes with a meat thermometer that will sit in the meat while it cooks, and then lets you know when it reaches the correct temp. So cool! It’s also super sturdy, and has strong handles plus a lid that will clasp on (perfect for transporting). I highly recommend it!