Best Crispy Baked Chicken With Giardiniera Recipes

CHICKEN GIARDINIERA

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I worked with this great chef who developed this HOT & SPICY dish. It took me a few tries, but I've finally duplicated it. Serve plain, buttered pasta with it to put out the fire.

Provided by daggie

Categories Chicken

Time 15m

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon minced garlic (or less)
3 -4 tablespoons hot pickled vegetables, found in the Italian aisle in the supermarket. (cauliflower, carrots, peppers,onions, drained from pickling juice)
2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

Pound out chicken breasts, so that they cook quickly and evenly.
In saute pan, heat oil. Add giardiniera and garlic and saute lightly for 2-3 minutes.
Push giardiniera and garlic to the side of pan and add chicken.
Saute 2-3 minute per side, spooning pan juices and giardiniera over them.
DO NOT salt chicken. I made that mistake once. It was so salty, it became inedible. The giardiniera has plenty of salt on its own.
Plain, buttered pasta or a baked potato with cool sour cream are good sides for this spicy dish.

EASY CRISPY BAKED CHICKEN

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This is an easy way to have the fried chicken texture, but baked.

Provided by Gail

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 cups crushed saltine crackers
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste
6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
½ cup margarine, melted

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
Mix cracker crumbs, seasoned salt, and garlic powder in a shallow bowl. Dip chicken breasts into melted margarine and press into cracker mixture until coated. Arrange chicken in prepared baking dish.
Bake in preheated oven until chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 45 to 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (75 degrees C).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.2 calories, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 67.1 mg, Fat 20.4 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 26.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 636.8 mg, Sugar 0.3 g

CHICKEN WITH GIARDINIERA

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Giardiniera-mixed pickled vegetables-is a ubiquitous and versatile pantry staple in Umbria, as in other parts of Italy. Originally a means of preserving the summer vegetable bounty for the lean winter months, it is now a popular vegetable preparation all year round. Sometimes homemade but more frequently bought in jars from the grocery, giardiniera usually combines crisp chunks and slices of carrot, cauliflower, celery, and sweet or hot peppers; olives, onion, cucumbers, and turnips are in some brands of giardiniera, too. The pickling medium might be vinegar, brine, oil, and spices in a variety of combinations and proportions. Giardiniera right from the jar can be served as an antipasto, a salad, or a side dish. Embellished with freshly poached chicken, as in this recipe, giardiniera becomes a delicious and colorful dish, suitable as an appetizer at dinner, a main course for lunch, or a practical and appealing picnic or buffet salad. When I have time, I make my own giardiniera, which I shared with you in Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen (you can find it on page 47). But with many fine imported varieties of giardiniera available in most markets, I almost always have a jar of the store-bought kind in the fridge or cupboard, for immediate enjoyment. And with convenience in mind, you don't always have to poach a chicken to enjoy giardiniera di pollo. Pick up a roast chicken from the market, or use leftover roast chicken or turkey, to make this terrific dinner salad in no time at all.

Yield serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

A 3 1/2-to-4-pound roasting chicken
1 medium onion, quartered through the root
1 large carrot, halved crosswise
1 large stalk celery, halved crosswise
2 fresh plum tomatoes
6 or so stalks fresh Italian parsley, with lots of leaves
1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
3 cups giardiniera, store-bought or homemade, drained
A 6-ounce jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
1/2 cup pitted oil-cured black olives
1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
3 tablespoons small capers, drained
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, or more to taste
1/4 cup red-wine vinegar, or more to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, or more to taste
A heavy-bottomed soup pot or saucepan, 8-quart or larger, with a cover

Steps:

To poach the chicken: Rinse the bird, and put it in the pot with all of the seasoning ingredients nestled around it. Pour over it cold water to cover, and bring to a boil, then cover the pot and adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook until the chicken is tender, about 45 to 50 minutes.
Lift the chicken from the pot, set it in a colander or strainer over a bowl, and let it cool. Remove the fat and skin, and discard. Take the meat off the bones, remove any cartilage or tendons, and tear the chicken into nice salad-sized shreds (about 1/2 inch wide and 2 inches long)-you should have about 5 cups chicken pieces. (If you want to finish the stock to put away, return the bones, cartilage, and the broth in the bowl to the poaching pot, and simmer for another hour or more. Strain and cool it, then refrigerate or freeze.)
To assemble the salad: Toss the chicken, giardiniera, artichokes, olives, parsley, and capers in a large bowl. Drizzle over it the olive oil and vinegar, and tumble and toss to coat all the salad pieces. Taste, and adjust the seasoning with more salt, olive oil, or vinegar. Give it a final toss, and serve.