I had a leftover quantity of a can of crushed tomatoes and some sake in the refrigerator one day. Cheryl suggested I use it for making chicken cacciatore. I did not felt like it but I looked at about five cookbooks to find some ideas on how to use my leftovers with no avail other than peppers are often used with tomatoes. I said fine, let me create something new. It turned out pretty good, just a dash not salted and spicy enough. In the list of ingredients, I have increased the amount out salt and pepper.
If you do not have the Fleur de Set, just use coarse salt with some more chilli and cayenne.
Ingredients:
- Four chicken breast (nothing stop you to use legs instead if you prefer the dark meat)
- 125 ml sake
- 50 ml olive oil
- One green pepper cut in 2 cm squares
- Half a red pepper cut in 2 cm squares
- 4 Jalapenos peppers, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 300 ml crushed tomatoes (about half a can)
- 10 ml Fleur de Sel or Piment D’Espelette
- 3 ml Cayenne pepper
- 3 ml Chili pepper
Method:
- Marinate the chicken breast in the sake for about 2 hours
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan
- Sauté chicken in the oil for about 5 minutes each sides
- Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish
- To the frying pan, add the red and green peppers, jalapenos and garlic and sauté for about three minutes
- Add some of the sake for the marinate to deglaze and cook another minute
- Add the cooked veggies to the chicken
- Add seasoning and tomatoes
- Bake at 3250 F for about 40 minutes, turning the breast and mixing the tomato sauce half way through
