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cacciatore

cacciatore

4 6.5
A cooked meat dish from Italy with tomatoes, onions, herbs, and sometimes wine
  • noun
  • /ˌkɑːtʃəˈtɔːreɪ/
translation icon : cacciatore
  • As he expected, the entrees are out of style: chicken cacciatore with "savory herb blends from Italy" and spiced baked ham with pineapple rings.
  • chicken cacciatore
  • cacciatore recipe
  • make cacciatore

Examples

  • We're having chicken cacciatore tonight.

  • I started to make the cacciatore.

  • It's duck cacciatore, actually.

  • - I have to say, Rocco... ...this is the best chicken cacciatore I've ever tasted.

  • For example, reading the recipe for chicken cacciatore, I realized that I needed to slice a half-pound of mushrooms.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Tonight we have filet mignon, veal parmesan, baked Alaska, chicken cacciatore, and mac and cheese.

  • We enjoyed a delicious chicken cacciatore made with fresh tomatoes and herbs.

  • The recipe calls for braising rabbit in a rich cacciatore sauce with onions and garlic.

  • My grandmother always prepares her famous cacciatore for family gatherings.

Synonyms

chicken cacciatore
vscacciatore
2 4.6

An Italian chicken dish cooked in tomatoes, mushrooms, and herbs

is broader, applying to various meats and sometimes including onions and wine
chicken cacciatora
vscacciatore
7.0

An Italian chicken dish cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, and herbs

is the same dish but uses a different name form
hunter's chicken
vscacciatore
  • UK
6.1

A chicken dish cooked with tomatoes, mushrooms, and herbs in an Italian style

is more general, applying to different meats and sometimes including onions and wine

Compounds

An Italian chicken dish cooked in tomatoes, mushrooms, and herbs

How Filling

hearty meal
2 1.6
casserole
54 2.8
cacciatore
4 6.5
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

cacciatore singular
cacciatores plural

Etymology

Cacciatore for the dish comes from the Italian cacciare meaning 'to hunt' and originally meant 'hunter-style', because hunters would cook meat with tomatoes, onions and wine over a fire. That's why a cacciatore dish usually has chicken or rabbit with tomatoes and herbs.