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    Published: Oct 18, 2022 · Modified: Jan 23, 2023 by Angela · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

    What to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore

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    To enjoy a complete Italian meal, serve any of these great recipes the next time you are having chicken cacciatore for dinner. This savory dish with tender chicken, herbs, peppers, onions, and a seasoned tomato sauce is a classic Italian meal.

    For contorni that should be served with cacciatore, whip up one of my favorite recipes. I am sharing soups, salads, vegetables, and starch ideas that you can make at home. These are quick and easy recipes that are family favorites.

    A dish filled with chicken cacciatore ready to eat.

    These are some of the best Italian side dish ideas - plus a few desserts too. There are also recipes from other parts of the world that pair just as well with the tender chicken, rich tomato sauce, and vegetables. Cacciatore, "hunter-style" can be made with chicken or rabbit and both proteins can be served with all the recipes shared here.

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    • Pasta Recipes
    • Appetizer & Soup Recipes
    • Salad & Vegetable Recipes
    • Starches to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore
    • Desserts & Drinks
    • What to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore

    Pasta Recipes

    Here are some great pasta dishes that are great to make when serving chicken cacciatore. Whether you put them on the side or top the pasta with the rich tomato sauce that cacciatore stews in, you cannot go wrong with these recipes.

    • Pasta al Forno (baked pasta) featured in a casserole dish ready to eat
      Rigatoni al Forno (Baked Pasta)
    • Fried Spaghetti with Eggs featured closeup overhead of bowl filled and topped with parmesan and parsley
      Fried Spaghetti with Eggs
    • plated keto crepini lasagna with cheese sauce meat layers
      Low Carb Keto Lasagna with Crepini
    • Lobster Ravioli Sauce featured plated with a fork and red napkin
      Lobster Ravioli Sauce

    When serving cacciatore over pasta, the traditional choices are spaghetti, linguini, egg noodles, or angel hair. For something gluten-free or not pasta, I love serving chicken cacciatore over polenta, rice, cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, kohlrabi noodles, spaghetti squash, or mashed potatoes.

    Recipe images for different pastas to serve with cacciatore.

    Appetizer & Soup Recipes

    Start off your Italian cacciatore meal with a great first course. These small bites and soups are what are great to serve before digging into the main course.

    • Easy Tomato Basil Bruschetta The Short Order Cook
      Easy Tomato Basil Bruschetta
    • Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup featured overhead two bowls
      Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup
    • taralli on a plate with glass of wine
      Taralli - Italian Black Pepper Cookies
    • Instant Pot Cream of Celery Soup featured overhead of bowl of soup ready to eat with celery stalks in top left corner and a spoon to the left with crackers on the right top corner
      Instant Pot Cream of Celery Soup
    • Butter board topped with olives and honey with sliced baguette.
      Sweet & Spicy Butter Board
    • Crispy Baked Marinated Artichoke Hearts featured overhead
      Crispy Baked Marinated Artichoke Hearts

    Salad & Vegetable Recipes

    Roasted, steamed, or air-fried vegetables all are a great side. These healthy veggies go well with Italian-style chicken. These include gluten-free, low-carb, keto, & paleo-approved recipes.

    • Air Fryer broccolini plated with lemon and parmesan.
      Air Fryer Broccolini with Lemon & Parmesan
    • Steamed Broccoli featured in instant pot overhead shot
      Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli
    • Crispy Air Fryer Keto Radishes featured side view of tiny plate with food ready to eat
      Crispy Air Fryer Keto Radishes
    • Crispy Baked Marinated Artichoke Hearts featured overhead
      Crispy Baked Marinated Artichoke Hearts
    • Plated salad with fork and napkin and salad bowl in the background.
      Vegan Italian Chopped Salad
    • Rice and Fava Beans Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
      Rice and Fava Bean Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
    • Antipasto Rice Salad
      Antipasto Rice Salad
    • Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup featured overhead two bowls
      Keto Cream of Mushroom Soup
    • Plated oven-roasted green beans sprinkles with everything bagel seasoning
      Oven-Roasted Green Beans
    • Frozen peas carrots and corn on a counter.
      Steamed Frozen Vegetables
    Images for recipes of broccoli, butter board, cacciatore, and pasta al forno.

    Starches to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore

    If you want to make a starch to serve with chicken cacciatore that is not pasta, here are the best recipes. I eat gluten-free for the most part so I don't eat mine with spaghetti or any other wheat noodle. But here are some great starches that go well with cacciatore. These potato, baked goods, and grain recipes are all easy to make and tasty.

    • Toaster Oven Baked Potatoes featured 4 ready to eat and plated
      Toaster Oven Baked Potato
    • Whipped Sweet Potatoes featured two ramekins full of sweet potatoes with a red napkin spoon and fresh parsley on the table
      Whipped Sweet Potatoes
    • Ciabatta partially sliced on a cutting board.
      How to Make Artisan Ciabatta Bread
    • Keto Cornbread Chaffles featured 3 fanned chaffles on the left and right is a partial bowl of chili w parsley
      Keto Cornbread Chaffles

    Desserts & Drinks

    Finish off your meal with a lovely dessert or drink. No need to rush through the meal, enjoy every course and something sweet to finish.

    • plated cookies ready to eat
      Soft Italian Ricotta Cookies
    • Keto No-Bake Cheesecake featured closeup slice of cheesecake with blueberries
      Keto No Bake Cheesecake
    • Salted Caramel Espresso Martini all marble top and background featured
      Creamy Salted Caramel Espresso Martini
    • Stewed Pears featured image of a white ramekin filled with stewed pears with a touch of cinnamon a spoon and red cloth napkin are to the left
      Stewed Pears
    Recipe images for italian chopped salad, taralli, ricotta cookies and broccolini

    What to Serve with Chicken Cacciatore

    Angela
    Great recipes to serve with chicken cacciatore. Including kinds of pasta, starches, salads, soups, vegetables, appetizers, and desserts. There are easy-to-make sides and something delicious for every course.
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    Prep Time 0 mins
    Course Side Dish
    Cuisine Italian
    Servings 4

    Ingredients
      

    • Fresh Ciabatta
    • Pasta al Forno
    • Broccolini with Lemon & Parmesan
    • Fava Rice Salad
    • Italian Chopped Salad
    • Spaghetti w Fried Eggs
    • Ricotta Cookies
    • Tomato Bruschetta
    • Crispy Artichokes

    Instructions
     

    • Make your favorite cacciatore recipe.
    • Choose 1 - 2 recipes shared here to make and eat with your chicken dinner.
    • Enjoy!
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