Crossword clues for cacciatore
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1973, from Italian, literally "hunter," from past participle of cacciare "to hunt, chase" (see chase (v.)).
Wiktionary
a. (context of chicken English) Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes. alt. (context of chicken English) Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Cacciatore means "hunter" in Italian. In cuisine, alla cacciatora refers to a meal prepared "hunter-style" with onions, herbs, usually tomatoes, often bell peppers, and sometimes wine.
Cacciatore is popularly made with braised chicken (pollo alla cacciatora) or rabbit (coniglio alla cacciatora). The salamino cacciatore is a small salami that is seasoned with only garlic and pepper.
Usage examples of "cacciatore".
I got a pollo alla cacciatore from the freezer and slammed it into the micro.
Chicken cacciatore for me, mussels in clam sauce over a bed of linguini for him.
My gasp must have been audible, but fortunately W H Smith had just spilled a piece of chicken cacciatore down his trousers and was otherwise occupied.
Still, in order not to appear totally unskilled, she taught herself how to make two dishes: chicken cacciatore and blanquette de veau.
His name was Salvatore Crisci, but he was known throughout Europe as Cacciatore, the Hunter.
And then Heller was inundated with fettucini, rigatoni, chicken cacciatore, manicotti, veal parmigiana and finally linguine with both red and white clam sauce.