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This turned out excellent! I usually have to make a recipe I find on the internet several times to perfect it but I wouldn’t change a thing!
Lara
This recipe is sponsored by ALDI
Chicken cacciatore is braised Italian chicken in saucy pasta-friendly form, and the best thing about it for me right now is that it is bright, acidic and punchy (major caper action). Hello, YES.
But it’s also rich and savory (thanks, mushrooms), luscious and silky (olive oil and butter combo at work), and all-around just really satisfying over a pile of silky lemon-buttered capellini noodles.
Many, most, almost all of our ingredients here are not only wholesome, but also organic (!!) and affordable (!!) because this nice little haul came straight from ALDI.
Favorite ALDI finds for this recipe:
- Simply Nature Organic Chicken Breasts (thighs are also good)
- Simply Nature Organic Diced Tomatoes
- Simply Nature Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Simply Nature Organic Chicken Broth
- And lots of produce like mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers
Guess how easy this recipe is?
You just put everything in the Instant Pot and let it go.
This is kinda a “gourmet” Instant Pot recipe, where you sauté the chicken and veggies first, and it is very delicious. But if it’s just been one of those days and you need to throw it all in and sit down for three seconds, this recipe is SO here for you. Just omit the flour and sautéing and pull up your Netflix queue.
Boil up some pasta and throw it all together. Voila! Chicken cacciatore is yours for the taking.
Easy, nutritious, colorful and comforting. Is there really anything better?
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Instant Pot Chicken Cacciatore
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Instant Pot Chicken Cacciatore! Braised Italian chicken in saucy pasta-friendly form that is bright, acidic, rich, and savory. Just put everything in the Instant Pot and let it go!
Ingredients
Instant Pot Chicken Cacciatore:
- 2 tablespoons Simply Nature Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Flour and salt (for chicken)
- 1 – 1.5 pounds Simply Nature Organic Chicken Breasts or chicken thighs
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 16 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 cup dry white wine or Simply Nature Organic Chicken Broth
- one 28 ounce can Simply Nature Organic Diced Tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons salt
Finish with:
- 4 ounces capers, rinsed and drained (okay I like capers a lot so sometimes I add two jars – whoops)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- parsley, lemon and Parmesan for serving (optional)
- capellini for serving
Instructions
- Dredge the chicken in flour and a pinch of salt. Turn on the sauté function on the Instant Pot. Add oil, and sauté the chicken for a few minutes on each side. Remove and set aside (it’s okay if they’re not cooked all the way).
- Add onion, mushrooms and garlic. Sauté until softened. Add wine and let it sizzle out.
- Add chicken and all other ingredients to Instant Pot. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Release the pressure.
- Shred the chicken. Stir in the capers, butter, parsley and lemon.
- Serve with angel hair pasta (for a little extra zazz, toss it with lemon juice and butter). Top the whole thing with more parsley and Parmesan. You did it!
Notes
Chicken: I prefer chicken thighs, but chicken breasts also work really well.
Freezing: You can freeze this before or after cooking. If cooking from frozen (raw), you’ll need to cook it for an additional 10-or-so minutes depending on the size of your chicken pieces.
Capellini: If you are doing Sugar Free January and trying to avoid refined grains, you could serve this with whole wheat spaghetti or zucchini noodles instead.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Italian
Keywords: chicken cacciatore, instant pot, chicken dinner, pasta dinner, chicken pasta
Thank you to ALDI for sponsoring this post!
Other Delicious Instant Pot Pasta Recipes
- Instant Pot Mac and Cheese (the real instant mac)
- Instant Pot Short Rib Ragu (restaurant-level flavor without the braise!)
- Chili Garlic Instant Pot Noodles (easy takeout-style but at home)
- Instant Pot Minestrone Soup (just replace the bulgur with ditalini!)
One More Thing!
This recipe is part of our easy Italian-inspired recipes page. Check it out!
I made “dump and go” version of this recipe and it was delicious! Hubby and I couldn’t get enough. Definitely a keeper!
I was surprised at how fast this came together, how easy it was to prepare (I love one-pot recipes), AND how GOOD it was!! Thank you for a great recipe! This will be added to our dinner rotation.
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The recipe was too watery. I ended up dumping some of the water out and added spaghetti sauce to it
No Italian seasoning? Made it last night, and found it to be very bland. Will try to add seasoning to give it some flavor.
First attempt at using an Instapot and all was going well until we got to the pressure cook for 15 minutes. We received the food burn alert three times. We tried removing some of the contents to make sure it stayed under the max level, 2nd time we tried stirring the contents, and third time we added water. S as by hints to what we did wrong? We ended up finishing the sauce in the microwave and it still was delicious!
While this recipe was tasty, I was really disappointed in how misleading the cook time was. When I was meal planning, I expected this to be a 30 minute meal. Instead it took me over an hour… My kids at snacks instead of dinner because they couldn’t wait. I would love to see this recipe revised to include the sauteing time as well at the time it takes to get the InstantPot up to pressure and release the steam.
Can I make these without tomatoes? I’m allergic.
128 oz can of tomatoes?!? Please double check for us??
Just updated the recipe card. It should be one 28-ounce can.
This is a crowd pleaser with my picky eaters. Soo delicious and just the right amount of tang salt and tomatoes. Is that a thing?
Mm, this sounds good! I can’t have all the acid, but maybe if I substitute split peas for tomatoes…I’m getting inspired. 🙂
Used sundried tomatoes instead of diced and it was delicious! Initially felt a bit confused but just literally followed all the steps (specifically step 3 to add everything) and it came out better than expected. Definitely adding some ground black pepper next time. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more easy to cook recipes.
I made this for the first time tonight and it was a hit! I thought for sure my kids would take one look and say no way, but the boys ate it up and one of them even asked for seconds! We will definitely be making this again soon!
Lady, you are the greatest of the best. How you manage to keep them coming is beyond me.
This was very flavorful but too watery – it was like soup. A tasty soup, but soup. I think next time I would use tomato sauce, a dash of tomato paste, and just a dash of chicken stock instead of canned diced tomatoes and 1/2c stock.
What do you mean by “let it sizzle out”? Do you mean simmer until it reduces somewhat, completely, or just bring it to a boil?
THIS CHICKEN CACCIATORE WAS DELICIOUS! As I made this delicious dish, I asked myself several questions: Diced onions? Only one pepper? Are 1 1/2 lbs. of chicken enough? Lemon, capers? Do I need so many mushrooms? Do yourself a favor, and make this recipe as written –no changes! This Cacciatore is the best I have ever eaten or made. Beautiful flavors, including a hint of lemon, the saltiness of the capers, a light savory texture, and simply delicious!
This makes us so happy to hear, Tracy! Thanks for sharing!
Made it for supper, it was good but it wasn’t a nice thick sauce like I was going for. I’d reccomend on instant pot recipe once it’s done pressure cooking, putting on saute for 15 min or so, to cook out the liquid. Great flavor, just way too much liquid.
I made the recipe and it is easy, but also quite bland. I ended up adding oregano, thyme, rosemary, and black pepper which made it edible. I plan to figure out the quantities that work best because I do like making cacciatore using the instapot.
Thanks for the feedback! Finishing with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice will help add flavor too!
Tried it and it does taste good. Got a bit embarrassed by my Italian in-laws when I called it a cacciatore though; they laughed and let me know it turned out more like a carbonara than a cacciatore.
10/10 delicious! Fairly easy. Amazing flavor. We will surely make again 🙂
Hi Lindsay, when using frozen chicken breasts do you just skip the flour/saute phase for the chicken?
Hi Lindsey! Yes, we’d suggest skipping that part!
for instant pot is the only liquid the chicken stock or wine?
There is also liquid from the diced tomatoes. My end result was soup
This is absolutely delicious! Are used oyster mushrooms and shallot .
In this recipe it says: 1 28 ounce can Simply Nature Organic Diced Tomatoes. Should this be 1 – 28 ounce can? Pretty sure that’s what’s meant, but, a new cook may not get it.
You are correct, Candis. 1 can (28 ounces)