Best Chicken Riggies Ala Vero Recipes

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.

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.

THE BEST CHICKEN RIGGIES!!

Steps:

• Saute chicken, onion, and garlic in butter and oil, until lightly browned in a heavy saucepan over med-high heat. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add mushrooms, olives, peppers, basil and oregano. Season with salt and pepper. Cook 5-10 mins over med. heat.
• Add tomato puree and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer.
• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water. Once al dente, drain and return to pot.
• Right before draining pasta add cream to sauce and turn off heat.
• Add sauce to pasta.
• Serve with grated cheese and lots of Italian bread.

CHEF JOHN'S CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage, mushrooms, onions, salt, and black pepper in hot oil until vegetables are softened and sausage is browned, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Stir chopped chicken to sausage mixture; cook and stir over medium-high heat until browned, about 5 minutes. Pour in wine and cook, stirring to remove any browned bits off the bottom of the pan, until most of the wine is evaporated, 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, chicken broth, and cream; simmer for 30 minutes. If needed, add water to create a thick sauce.
• Stir peppers, olives, and garlic into sauce. Continue to simmer until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and stir in parsley.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until nearly cooked, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Combine sauce and cooked pasta, stir in cheese, cover and set aside until pasta has absorbed the sauce, 1 to 2 minutes.