Recipe for Chicken Cacciatora with Fusilli 
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Yield:
1
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
1/4 cup vegetable oil
a 3 1/2-pound chicken cut into serving pieces
1 x onion chopped fine
1/2 lb mushrooms sliced thin
1 x garlic clove minced
a 28-ounce can plum tomatoes including the juice
1/2 cup dry red wine
2 x flat anchovy fillets rinsed, patted dry, and mashed to a paste
1 tsp dried oregano crumbled
1 lb fusilli (corkscrew-shaped pasta)
Instructions:
Instructions: In a kettle heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not

smoking and in it brown the chicken, patted dry, in batches, transferring it as it is browned to a bowl. Pour off and discard all but about 3 tablespoons of the oil and in the remaining oil cook the onion and the mushrooms over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is golden. Add the garlic and cook the mixture, stirring, for 1 minute. Add

the tomatoes with the juice, the wine, the chicken with any juices that have accumulated in the bowl, the anchovy paste, and the oregano and simmer the mixture, covered, stirring occasionally and breaking up the tomatoes, for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the chicken is tender. The chicken mixture may be made 2 days in advance, cooled to room temperature, and kept covered and chilled. Reheat the chicken mixture before serving.

In kettle of boiling salted water cook the fusilli for 10 to 12 minutes, or until it is al dente, drain it well, and in a large bowl toss it with the chicken mixture. Sprinkle the chicken cacciatora with the parsley.

Serves 4.

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