Best Recipe for Chicken and Sausage Cacciatore with Grape Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 4 large chicken thighs with skin and bones (about 1 1/3 pounds)
- 3/4 pound fresh mild or hot Italian sausages
- 3/4 pound large mushrooms, quartered
- 2 12-ounce containers grape tomatoes
- 1/2 cup dry red wine
- 3 large garlic cloves, pressed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken and sausages to skillet. Sauté until brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken and sausages to bowl.
- Add mushrooms to skillet. Sauté until brown, about 4 minutes; add to same bowl. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to skillet; add tomatoes, red wine, garlic, and rosemary. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook until tomatoes soften, about 5 minutes. Using potato masher, lightly crush half of tomatoes. Return chicken to skillet. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered 5 minutes. Add remaining contents of bowl and simmer uncovered until chicken and sausages are cooked through, turning often, about 15 minutes longer.
- Place chicken and sausages on platter. Cut sausages on diagonal into thick slices. Stir basil into sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over chicken.
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