Good Morning! I know your wondering why Chicken Cacciatore for Man Food Mondays….well, it all started with a cartoon. No really it was a cartoon I watched as a child on Sunday mornings. One of my favorite cartoons was one about a highly intelligent dog and his adopted son, Mr Peabody and Sherman Improbable Histories. While these are TOTALLY politically incorrect in these days and times, the Peabody puns at the end were golden for a kid of 7 or 8. The pun that has stuck with me over the years was
“Sherman, are you familiar with the heroic rooster who foiled the plans of and apprehended British Loyalists?” “Jeepers Mister Peabody, I have never heard of such a thing” “What! Sherman!?! You’ve never heard of chicken Catch a Tory?”So, here’s the Chicken Cacciatore recipe that came as a result of my obsession.:)
Some of you may remember that we have particular kids here at home. One, my step son, is currently a vegetarian the other, my stepdaughter, is particular about whats she eats. My stepdaughter ate this! And, what’s more said she liked it and would eat it again! WOW, so I am taking that has to mean it was good. I prepared this in a vegan version for my stepson and got pretty much the same response. What’s more Michelle, who was skeptical, really enjoyed it and stashed some away to have for lunch tomorrow…..SCORE.
A couple of notes about the prep:
For the red wine I used Menage a Trois Midnight but you can used any darker red wine if you want. Some recipes out there call for a heavy white wine, so if your partial to that use it instead.
For the vegan version I made for my stepson I just substituted the extra firm tofu for the chicken, frying it in the extra light olive oil then followed all the steps for the other recipe. This was made in a different pot, with different utensils, so that it did not come in contact with any meat products.
I served this with a salad and the rest of the Menage a Trois Midnight . It was a very enjoyable and filling meal.
I hope you enjoy this and let me know what you think.
Till next week take care and be safe.
Steve
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