Chicken Cacciatore

So, I've always heard of Chicken Cacciatore, but never really knew what it was. I also didn't realize that it was actually a healthy dish. There's so much you could do with this dish; you could make it super spicy, you could add curry powder to make it earthy, you could add some white wine to make it lighter. But, I just stuck with the normal chicken cacciatore with a tad bit of cayenne to give it a little kick.

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 chicken breasts
3 tablespoons flour
1 medium onion finely chopped
4 cloves garlic
8 ounces mushrooms
1 can diced tomatoes (I used fire-roasted tomatoes)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/8 cayenne pepper

Instructions:

1. Cut chicken into pieces and coat in flour


2. Add to a hot pan with oil. Cook chicken until golden brown.


3. Transfer to a bowl.


4. Use the same pan and add onion and garlic.


5. Saute until tender, then add mushrooms until tender.


6. Add tomatoes, salt, oregano, and cayenne pepper. Stir.


7. Add chicken and let cook on the pan until chicken is cooked all the way through.


8. Serve!

For some reason, I have a feeling that real chicken cacciatore requires more steps and more ingredients, but I feel like this is perfectly satisfactory. I served this with leftover quinoa and some corn. OMG, fresh corn is so much better than canned corn. I know that sounds obvious, but I think I just always thought they were pretty similar. I WAS WRONG. I don't know if I could ever go back to canned corn again. God, I sound like I've never had fresh corn before, but I think I'm just starting to appreciate good food more. Actually, now that I am thinking about this, I want to get corn from the farmer's market and see if there's a difference. I also need to get brusselsprouts from the farmer's market, because I think it will make a big difference (mostly because the restaurant I went to in SF had THE BEST brusselsprouts and they just tasted so fresh, well minus the bacon). Anyway, that's it for me tonight. I have more coming though! I made a GREEEEN pizza. You'll see. ;) Wait for it.