Gluten Free Chicken Cacciatore

Gluten Free Chicken Cacciatore Pot Pie Recipe

Chicken Cacciatore is an Italian “hunter style” dish of braised chicken that simmers away, filling your house with delightful scents. It is best eaten with a bit of focaccia or Italian bread on the side to sop up the juices. And these are both gluten free recipes for another day – a lazy day when you have time to cook and sip wine and sit down for a leisurely meal.

Today is not one of those days. This recipe is a spin on Chicken Cacciatore turned into one of my favorite things – a pot pie. I LOVE pot pies. I make them out of everything – chicken, roasted vegetables, beef, and even seafood. Usually I make them fairly traditionally with the ingredients surrounded by a thickened stock and baked with either a pie crust topping or even polenta. But for this recipe I switched things up a bit.

Instead of slowly braised chicken, I just sautéed some onions, peppers and mushrooms quickly, added a jar of prepared tomato sauce, a splash of white wine and stirred in some cooked chicken. I topped it all off with focaccia rounds I quickly made from Chebe’s Focaccia Mix. The whole thing took me 15 minutes to put together and then another 25 or so in the oven.

I am a big fan of lazy day food where I can spend all the time in the world happily puttering around the kitchen. But I live in the real world and those days are few and far between.  Happily, I can still eat like I spent a lot of time cooking, without, you know … spending all the time!

Gluten Free Chicken Cacciatore Pot Pie

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Gluten Free Chicken Cacciatore
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Gluten Free Chicken Cacciatore Pot Pie Recipe

Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time28 mins
Total Time43 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 400kcal
Author: Gluten Free & More

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil use divided
  • 1 medium white or yellow onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced or grated
  • 1 red pepper diced
  • 8 ounces white mushrooms sliced
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 (24 ounce) jar gluten free pasta sauce
  • 2 cups cooked chicken diced
  • 1 (7.5 ounce) box Chebe Focaccia Mix
  • 3 large eggs use divided
  • 1 ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese – use divided optional, omit for dairy free
  • ¼ cup water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add the onions and cook until they start to soften, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic, cook for 30 seconds, stirring. Add the sliced pepper and mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms have released their liquid and the vegetables are starting to brown, about 8 minutes. Add the wine and cook, stirring, until it has all evaporated. Add the salt, pepper, pasta sauce and chicken and heat through.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine the Focaccia Mix with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 2 eggs, 1 cup grated cheese (if using) and the water. Stir with a fork to combine. The mixture will look crumbly; that’s okay. Turn the mixture out onto a clean work surface and knead until the mixture comes together into a smooth dough. Roll out to about ¼ inch thick. Using the ramekins you are going to bake the pot pies in as a guide, cut out 6 circles the size of the top of the ramekin. If you need to re-form the dough and re-roll, that’s fine.
  • Spoon the chicken mixture into 6 1 cup or so ramekins. Top with the dough circle. Beat the remaining egg and brush on the top of the dough. Let dry a minute or two, then brush again. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese, if using. Place the ramekins on a baking sheet and cook for 25 minutes or until the crusts are browned.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Gluten Free Chicken Cacciatore Pot Pie Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 400 Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Fat 23g35%
Saturated Fat 7g35%
Cholesterol 135mg45%
Sodium 710mg30%
Potassium 356mg10%
Carbohydrates 20g7%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 23g46%
Vitamin A 960IU19%
Vitamin C 28mg34%
Calcium 256mg26%
Iron 2.3mg13%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Tags: Chicken Dinner Focaccia Gluten-Free Gluten-Free Recipes Italian Pot Pie Tomatoes
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  1. August 31, 2012

    I have never tried this dish before. It looks comfort food to me.

    1. Gluten Free & More
      September 5, 2012

      Yes Helene – pure comfort!!!

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  4. Christina
    September 1, 2012

    This is wonderful! I’ve been wanting to make pot pies for my gfcf autie angels (ages 12 & 14). Just a note, there is a gfcf alternative to Parmesan cheese; I use Galaxy Foods Vegan Grated Parmesan Flavor Cheese Alternative. (Yes, I had to look at the packaging for that.) It’s tres expensive, tho, at $4.69 for a 4-ounce bottle, so I don’t use it as generously as indicated in this recipe. However, if someone can find it for a better price … :)

    1. Gluten Free & More
      September 5, 2012

      Have you tried nutritional yeast? I use that as a parm sub – it tastes good and I don’t miss the parm (and I do not have to be dairy free!). It is not as expensive. Hope your (not so) little angels love this!!!

  5. September 2, 2012

    Carol – this sounds wonderful! I love pot pies too – any kind. I could eat this for breakfast!

    1. Gluten Free & More
      September 5, 2012

      Haha, you are a person after my own heart!

  6. Cynthia
    September 2, 2012

    Can I omit the mushrooms without compromising the dish?

    1. Gluten Free & More
      September 5, 2012

      Yes! It will come out great and be just as delicious!

  7. September 4, 2012

    What a delicious meal, I love the idea of a pot pie! Fantastic indeed :)

    1. Gluten Free & More
      September 5, 2012

      Thank you!

  8. September 4, 2012

    This recipe looks good even though I am a vegetarian. I love pizza and doughnuts but its nearly impossible to find a place that serves them gluten free. There is definitely a niche there that needs to be fulfilled.

    1. Gluten Free & More
      September 5, 2012

      You could certainly make this and leave out the chicken, add in more mushrooms, delish! And I agree!

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  11. Susan
    March 6, 2017

    Can these be frozen? If so, before or after baked?

    1. Gluten Free & More
      May 15, 2017

      Yes, I would freeze before baking then let it thaw before you bake it off.

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