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      Title: Dave's Chicken Cacciatore
 Categories: Poultry, Vegetables, Herbs, Pasta
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Olive oil
      3 cl Garlic; pressed -OR-
      1 tb Garlic granules
      1 lg Onion; diced on the large
           - plate of a "Viadalia Onion
           - Chopper"
    1/4 ts Dried rosemary
    3/4 ts Dried oregano
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Hot red pepper flakes; (opt)
      3 lb Chicken breasts, cut up in
           - pieces
    1/4 c  Red-wine vinegar
     28 oz Can whole tomatoes w/puree;
           - crushed by hand
    1/4 c  Rough chopped basil leaves -OR-
  1 1/2 tb Dried basil; to taste
      2 lg Bell peppers; cored, seeded;
           - diced on the large plate
           - of a "Viadalia Onion
           - Chopper"
      1 c  Sliced mushrooms -OR-
      8 oz Can mushroom stems & pieces;
           - drained
  1 1/2 lb Pasta; cooked
 
  Heat oil, garlic, onion, mushrooms, rosemary, parsley, 1/2
  ts oregano, and hot pepper flakes in a large shallow
  saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally
  until the onions are translucent but not browned. Add to
  the crock-pot and turn it on high. Add vinegar.
  
  Meanwhile, crush tomatoes with your hands Add them and the
  1/4 ts salt and 1/4 ts oregano. Cook until the tomatoes
  have reduced and thickened slightly, stirring once in a
  while, about 20 minutes. Throw in a pinch of sugar and
  stir to blend. Add to the crock-pot.
  
  Add basil, and peppers. Cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours on high or
  turn the crock-pot to low and go to work. The meal will
  be ready to eat when you get home.
  
  Adjust seasonings. Serve immediately over pasta.
  
  NOTE: This is as close to a recipe as I could get from
  my "by guess and by eyeball" preparation. You could add
  some wine and/or Gaeta (salt cured) black olives if you
  like. If you add the little salt bombs (olives) watch the
  salt very closely.  - UDD
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
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