Chicken Ricky 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.

WICKED CHICKEN RIGGIES

Steps:

• For the hot sauce: In a blender, carefully blenderize the chipotle peppers, serrano chiles and pepper oil. This stuff is hot! Be careful with splatter! Reserve.
• For the chicken: In a large braiser or saucepot, warm 3/4 cup of the olive oil over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the onions, garlic, basil, oregano, salt, black pepper, cayenne and red pepper flakes. Stir well and cook until the onions are translucent.
• Stir the fresh chopped bell peppers into the onion mixture. Stir to coat. Add the reserved hot sauce. Continue cooking for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the tomato sauce, heavy cream, Romano and sugar. Whisk well!
• Lower the heat until the sauce slightly bubbles, and stir well. Turn the heat to low or off while sauteing the chicken strips and cooking the rigatoni noodles.
• When the sauce is nearing doneness, cook the rigatoni noodles according to package directions. I like to pre-cook my pasta for sauteed pasta dishes such as this. Pre-cooking rigatoni to near doneness, straining and holding at room temperature, or completely chilling down if holding for several hours or more and then dunking in hot, boiling water prior to sauteing works well.
• For the chicken saute, heat a large saute pan with the remaining olive oil. First, sprinkle the chicken strips with 1 teaspoon salt (more or less), and add to the hot olive oil, one layer at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan. Cook in batches if necessary. Add a dash of black pepper if desired. Flip and shake the chicken pieces around in the hot pan to sear all sides. Cook until opaque and lightly brown, about 4 minutes. Set aside.
• Toss the tomato sauce and chicken in a large bowl in half-batches, or altogether. Pour onto a serving platter or individual pasta bowls. Garnish with locatelli cheese and reserved fresh scallions.

CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Prepare rice according to package directions.
• When rice is ready, add chicken to pot and continue to stir over low heat. Mix in soup, and continue cooking until heated through.

RITZY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the oil shimmers; meanwhile, beat the egg whites until frothy in a bowl, and place the bread crumbs in a separate flat bowl. Dip the chicken breasts into the egg white, dredge in crumbs, and brown on both sides in the hot oil until golden, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Place the chicken breasts into the baking dish.
• In a small bowl, mix about 3 tablespoons of evaporated milk with the cornstarch until smooth. Pour the rest of the evaporated milk into a saucepan, and mix in Parmesan cheese, parsley, and black pepper. Over medium-low heat, bring the milk mixture just to a bare simmer, and whisk in the cornstarch mixture; let cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts; sprinkle top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce is bubbly and the cheese has melted, about 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a chicken breast should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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.

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 STIR FRY

Steps:

• Chop up the celery, red pepper, garlic and scallion.
• Chop the chicken into bite sized pieces, keeping in mind they will shrink during cooking.
• Mix up the stir fry sauce using chicken broth, soy sauce and ginger.
• In a warmed 12 inch heavy bottomed skillet, pour enough sesame oil to cover the bottom. Add the celery and red pepper to the skillet and saute on medium high heat, stirring frequently until they start getting tender.
• Once those ingredients have started getting tender, add the scallions and garlic to the skillet and mix them in well until they soften a bit. This will only take a minute or two.
• Still on medium high heat, add the water chestnuts and bean sprouts and incorporate them into your vegetable mix.
• Add any remaining sesame oil to the skillet and then add the chicken pieces. Keep everything sizzling,. Cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle. Check for doneness often. Do not overcook your chicken.
• As soon as chicken is done, add the sauce mix to the skillet, letting it come to a boil. Once at the boiling point, remove from the heat. Serve over rice, pasta or noodles, or eat it just as it is without using a starch.

CHICKEN RICKY

Steps:

• Combine ingredients in slow cooker, simmer until chicken is cooked through. If too thin, add tomato paste a spoon full at a time. If too thick, add stock. My variations: splash of wine, mushroom caps

RICKY'S ROASTED CROCK-POT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat crock-pot to high heat. Wash and pat dry whole chicken, making sure to remove any giblets. (Either discard giblets or save to make stock or gravy). Loosen skin from breast by running your hand between the skin and meat. Cut margarine into 8 pieces and place between skin and meat. Coat chicken with olive oil. Tuck wings beneath chicken.
• Place chicken in crock-pot. Sprinkle with seasoned salt, Creole seasoning, and freshly ground pepper.
• Place the lid on the crock-pot and cook on high heat for 3 hours. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking an additional 2 to 3 hours.