Chicken Cacciatore (Italian Chicken Stew)

Recipe ⬇️ or PRINT: This is an Italian stew made with simple ingredients that's hearty and full flavoured! Juicy chicken simmered in a tomato sauce rich with wine and herbs, with capsicum, mushrooms and whole olives. Anchovies is the secret ingredient here that adds a touch of savouriness in the sauce, but nobody can ever pick that it's there. But it's optional - just add extra salt if you prefer to skip it! –––- Chicken Cacciatore (Italian Hunter’s Stew) 4 bone in chicken thighs large (1 kg / 2 lb) 4 chicken drumsticks 1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1 tbsp olive oil CACCIATORE: 1 onion, halved, finely sliced 2 rosemary sprigs (about 15 cm/6″ long), or 1 tsp dried rosemary 2 bay leaves, preferably fresh else dried 3 garlic cloves, finely minced 3 anchovy fillets (or 1 tsp anchovy paste), optional 250 g mushrooms, sliced