One-pot chicken cacciatore for an easy weeknight meal

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   >> taking you into "today's kitchen," getting saucy with chef ryan.

   >> hi, ladies.

   >> ryan has a string of restaurants in new jersey opening the latest in newark called nikko kitchen and bar.

   >> in new jersey.

   >> the recipe you love the most is one of your moms, isn't it?

   >> this is one of my mother's recipes. and also i ate it every sunday i was off in italy. one of my favorite dishes, chicken cacciatore . it is a one-pot meal. everything cooks in the same pot, put it in the center of the table, throw sout om dishes and everybody eats.

   >> what part of the chicken do you use?

   >> thighs. i just sered them with a little salt and pepper . if you can put the mushrooms and onions and butter in for me, that would be great. dump the whole thing in.

   >> oh.

   >> what kind of mushrooms? any kind?

   >> a meaty mushroom like a portobello.

   >> i'm going to take one, you take the other.

   >> so we give it a little bit of a stir. we'll cook it for five to seven minute, get some nice carmelization. and we'll move down here --

   >> is the chicken cooked all the way through?

   >> it is not. it still has to go in. onion, mushrooms, chicken and the garlic. then we'll glaze with white wine .

   >> that's what i was wondering.

   >> get the sizzle going. reduce it down by half. then you're going to add your tomato. okay. your sweet and acidity in one.

   >> okay.

   >> your roasted peppers. little smokiness in the dish. your potatoes are going to be your starch. and then we add our chicken back in.

   >> put the chicken in.

   >> okay.

   >> this is something that's great for the whole family.

   >> i got oregano, red pepper flakes for a little spice. then we add the chicken stock . okay? going to cover the chicken and then it's going go in the oven. all right?

   >> carrie, what's your dish of choice?

   >> my favorite thing is to make dishes that everything ends at one. it is one dish --

   >> yeah.

   >> souffle, risottos. and you don't have to make everything in different -- time it.

   >> do you enjoy the cooking classes?

   >> someone said once if you can read you can cook, and i'm a good reader.

   >> flow me over to the oven. we'll throw it in. okay?

   >> mm-hmm.

   >> uh-oh. there it goes.

   >> put that in the oven for about 45 minutes. obviously with the magic of tv we have this beautiful dish right here.

   >> that looks great.

   >> we serve this dish at my other restaurant every wednesday night. chicken cacciatore .

   >> should we try it?

   >> let me give you your own plate.

   >> really delicious.

   >> here we go.

   >> of course. of course.

   >> and bon appetit .

   >> looks really, really -- hold on. we have a knife but let's get in there. tell me about the restaurant in new jersey.

   >> it's been open eight years, modern italian, very market driven and upscale. and then last week was our anniversary from one we opened up two years ago. now i'm the culinary director.

   >> we got to run.

   >> ciao.

   >> thank you so much. carrie, thank you. thank you. you were a lot of fun. tomorrow we have ambush makeovers.

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