Chicken Cacciatore

Name: Chicken Cacciatore
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems removed, caps cleaned and thinly sliced; 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/4 cup water; Coarse salt and ground pepper; 1 1/3 cups canned crushed tomatoes in juice; 3 strips orange zest (each 3 inches long and 1/2 inch wide); 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary; 1/8 teaspoon cayenne; 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces

December 22, 2011

WHY IT’S LIGHT Rather than cooking this hearty Italian stew on the stove, in the traditional manner, it is prepared in the microwave, using far less oil (because you don’t have to brown the chicken thighs first) and in much less time.

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