Chicken cacciatore: add up a braise with the skin on.

A braise with skin-on thighs is a dish where the fat is a choice you make at the butcher. The builder shows what the skin adds, so you can decide to keep it or take it off.

4 servings, weighed at 1,100 g when finished
639 kcal a serving, with 41 g protein, 17 g carbs and 46 g fat
9 ingredients, every one a USDA FoodData Central entry in the library

The Chicken cacciatore recipe on a phone: its ingredients and their calories, the whole recipe at 2,555 kcal, 4 servings, a finished weight of 1,100 g and 639 kcal per serving.

The sample data

These are the amounts used on the screens below, with each figure taken from the library entry for that ingredient. They are sample figures for a pot or tray of this size, not a measurement of anyone's kitchen.

Ingredient	Amount	kcal	Protein g	Carbs g	Fat g
Chicken thigh, meat and skin, raw	900 g	1,989	149	2	149
Tomatoes, crushed, canned	400 g	128	7	29	1
Red bell pepper, raw	150 g	39	1	9	0
Onions, raw	150 g	60	2	14	0
White mushrooms, raw	150 g	33	5	5	1
Black olives, canned	40 g	46	0	2	4
Olive oil	27 g	239	0	0	27
Garlic	11 g	16	1	4	0
Oregano, dried	2 g	5	0	1	0
Whole recipe	1,830 g	2,555	165	66	182
Per serving (4)	275 g	639	41	17	46

Calorie and macro figures are fitness estimates, not medical or dietary advice. Ingredient values are from USDA FoodData Central, which is in the public domain.

Why this recipe

Chicken thighs on the bone with skin are the usual cut for this dish, and they sit in a pan with a lot of oil. Entering the raw cut you bought, not a cooked average, keeps the recipe tied to your real dinner.

What to weigh

The ingredients weigh 1,830 g raw. After braising, the sample pot weighs 1,100 g (the weight of the chicken meat and sauce, without bones). A serving is 275 g.

The full workflow, in four steps.

1. Open Create a recipe and search the library

Create a recipe and search "chicken thigh". Choose the raw, meat and skin entry.

Add ingredient on a phone with “chicken thigh” typed in the search box and matching library entries listed, each with its calories and a portion.

2. Enter the amount you weighed

Enter 900 g. The amount sheet shows 1,989 kcal and 149 g of protein for the chicken, before the sauce.

The amount sheet for chicken thigh, meat and skin, raw: 900 grams giving 1,989 calories, 149 g protein, 2 g carbs and 149 g fat, with an Add to recipe button.

3. Add the rest, then set the servings and finished weight

Add the tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, oil, garlic and oregano.

4. Save it and log a serving

Enter 4 servings and the cooked weight without bones. A serving is 639 kcal with 41 g of protein.

The saved Chicken cacciatore recipe ready to log: one serving of 275 g at 639 kcal with 41 g protein, 17 g carbs and 46 g fat.

Tips while you build it

Weigh boneless meat. If you cook on the bone, take the bones out before you weigh the cooked dish.
Taking the skin off before cooking makes a very different recipe. Save it as its own recipe.
The same tomato base works for a lighter version with skinless breast.

Make it your own

Use the breast with skin entry and watch the fat per serving fall.
Leave the olives out and the sodium and fat both drop a little.

Each change is a second recipe with its own name, so the first stays as you built it.

Chicken cacciatore questions.

How many calories are in chicken cacciatore?

The sample four-serving pan comes to 639 kcal a serving, with 41 g protein, 17 g carbs and 46 g fat, mostly from the skin-on thighs and oil.

Do I weigh the chicken with or without the bones?

Without. The library entries are for the edible meat, so weigh what you will eat.

How do I make a leaner version?

Save a second recipe with skinless chicken and less oil. The two sit side by side in your foods.

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