Best Chicken Riggies Ala Vero Recipes

CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heat. Add rigatoni pasta and cook until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and keep warm.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper, and cook in the hot oil until lightly browned on all sides, and no longer pink in the center, about 7 minutes. Remove the chicken from the skillet and keep warm.
• Stir onion, Cubanelle peppers, and garlic into the skillet. Cook and stir until onion softens, about 4 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, roasted red peppers, and hot cherry peppers. Bring to a simmer. Stir in cooked chicken and heavy cream; simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in cooked pasta.
• Serve garnished with Parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl or dish, combine sherry, oil, garlic and oregano. Add chicken and turn to coat. Refrigerate 1 hour., Drain chicken, discarding marinade. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken in batches; cook and stir until no longer pink. Remove from pan., In same pan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add peppers, onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender. Add sherry; bring to a boil. Stir in tomato puree, salt and pepper; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 8-10 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. Add chicken; heat through., Meanwhile, in a stockpot, cook rigatoni according to package directions. In a small saucepan, combine cream and cream cheese over medium heat; cook and stir until blended. Add to chicken mixture; stir in Romano cheese., Drain rigatoni; return to stockpot. Add sauce to pasta; toss to combine.

CHICKEN RIGGIES AND 'SCAROLE WITH SOUL

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil for "riggies". Salt water and cook pasta to al dente. Heads up: you will need to reserve cup of cooking water just before you drain the pasta.
• Trim up the thighs and chop all the chicken into bite size pieces. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large high sided skillet over medium-high to high heat.
• Add chicken to hot pan and brown all over, 7 to 8 minutes then remove. Add onions, 3 to 4 cloves of garlic, cubanelle peppers then season with salt and pepper and cook 6 to 7 minutes to soften then add roasted red peppers. Cut tops off the hot peppers and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon then chop the hot peppers and add them to the skillet. Stir in tomatoes and add chicken back to the sauce. Bring sauce to a bubble then stir in some starchy cooking water from the pasta - about a cup, then add the cream, twice around the pan, about 1/3 to 1/2 cup. Reduce heat to lowest setting and simmer a couple of minutes. Add pasta and 1/2 cup cheese and toss to combine.
• While the chicken and peppers are cooking, heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped ham and cook 2 minutes, add reserved pasta water and garlic and reduce heat a bit. Add greens and wilt down, 2 minutes. Season the greens with salt and pepper, add stock. Simmer greens 5 to 6 minutes and serve.
• Top the pasta with shredded basil. Pass cheese to top both pasta and greens and serve with crusty bread.

CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil& butter over medium heat.
• Add garlic and shallots, saute until soft.
• Then add chicken, seasoning with salt& pepper;saute until lightly browned- you don't want to over cook the chicken with all the extra simmering time below.
• Begin heating water for pasta.
• Add peppers, olives, mushrooms and tomato sauce to skillet.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer about 10 minutes (while pasta is cooking) Add sherry and simmer another 10 minutes.
• Stir in cream and parmesan cheese and simmer for 10 minutes more.
• Toss all with hot, cooked pasta and serve immediately.

UTICA CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• In a large pot melt butter and then add chicken.
• Cook chicken over medium heat just until they begin to turn white.
• Add mushrooms to chicken and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add peppers and onions cook 5-7 minutes (I usually season the veggies and chicken with salt and pepper at this point).
• Add water, bullion, tomato sauce, heavy cream, and spices.
• Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 20 min, stirring occasionally.
• Add olives and simmer for 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl mix corn starch with 2-3 tbsp cold water until dissolved.
• Add corn starch to sauce, stirring continuously until it thickens.
• If it is very runny just let stand to thicken.
• Stir in cooked pasta and serve immediately, sprinkling each serving with grated or shredded Parmesan cheese.