Quick Chicken Cacciatore

• 1 roast chicken or cooked whole rotisserie
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red onion thinly sliced
• 2 carrots peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 red chili pepper or large green, sliced
• 2 celery stalks sliced
• 2 slices bacon chopped
• 7 ounces button mushrooms sliced
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 cup dry white wine or reduced sodium chicken stock or water
• 2 cups tomato pasta sauce
• 1/3 cup pitted black olives optional
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley chopped
• pasta Cooked, such as rotini, to serve

1. Cut the chicken into pieces, separating the legs, thighs, wings and breasts. Cut the breast pieces in half. Set aside, discarding the rib cage.
2. Heat the oil in a large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, chili pepper, celery and bacon and cook, stirring frequently, for 5 mins, until softened.
3. Stir in the mushroom and garlic and cook for another 1-2 mins. Pour in the wine, and using a wooden spoon, scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
4. Add the pasta sauce, mix well and bring to a boil. Stir in the olives, if using. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 mins, until the sauce thickens.
5. Add the chicken, season and cook for 3-4 mins, until heated through. Spoon onto plates, sprinkle with parsley and serve with pasta.

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Quick-Chicken-Cacciatore-1404312 (may not work)