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Good Afternoon,

I decided to start a “Daily Cooking Series “ to help those unfamiliar with cooking in the kitchen and for my foodie novice too. The best way to bring this is to have an easy YouTube video showcasing each step without all the bells and whistles. Each video will be straight forward cooking, no longer than 5 minutes long. The plan is for 2-4 minutes as an ideal attention span when learning how to cook ; after that, most people lose interest.

Please let me know what you think of the new YouTube videos on my YouTube channel, and please like and subscribe, so I know its something more you would like to see.

So — my first short YouTube Cooking video will be :

Chicken Thighs Cacciatore

Ingredients :

8 chicken thighs with skin on

3 tablespoons of Olive oil

2 medium onions

1 Green and Red Sweet Bell Pepper – small cut (optional)

3 cloves of fresh minced garlic

Italian herb seasoning (Costco has the prefect one)

1/4 cup of tomato pasta

1 can of diced tomatoes

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground black pepper

2 tablespoons of sugar

1/2 cup of chicken stock

1 1/2 jars of tomato sauce ( your choice, but I like to use Paul Neumann Tomato sauce for two reasons. 1. It’s a rich blend of the prefect tomato sauce. 2. All sales go towards their charity)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

OPTIONAL :

1 cup of red wine ( to me this is an important part to the over all dish. My grandfather (Italian) would add a whole bottle of his favourite red wine throughout the day, making this chicken cacciatore a primo dish.

1 small bunch of chopped parsley

NOTE: Notice I left out the flour. My grandfather would have taken the flour and dumped it on my head, if I ever used flour in this dish. You don’t need to flour your chicken thighs either. Let’s go with a virgin supreme healthy- for-you dish. Not sure if this was an Italian thing, but my grandpa would always call his sauces, gravies.

OK. So now we’re ready to prepare this wonderful tasty dish.

METHOD: (Preparation) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

A Dutch oven pot or brazier pan is ideal to use. ( A thick bottom surface and able to place in the oven)

Add olive oil to your Pan.

Now add raw chicken thighs skin side down . Lightly brown each side of chicken thighs.

If using red wine — Add 1 cup of red wine and let reduce.

Remove chicken thighs for now.

Add chopped onions and minced garlic. Sauté for a couple of minutes on medium heat.

Add diced tomatoes and 1 jar of Paul Neumann’s tomato sauce.

Add 1/2 cup of chicken stock. Bring to boil and turn down to simmer.

Add the chicken thighs back into the sauce. Bring back to a simmer.

Place in preheated oven at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes with closed lid. Bring out and stir. It may require more chicken stock, if too thick. If not place back in oven for another 15 minutes. ( One Hour total Oven Cooking)

If you have chopped parsley, then go ahead and add to your dish, but not necessary.

Bon Appetite ! Serve with your favourite pasta, be it spaghetti or fettuccine.

This is the first recipe of my “Daily Cooking Series “ to help those who have never cooked before and for the foodie novice.

Cheers !

Chef Bari