Chicken Rustico Recipes

RUSTIC ITALIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spray slow cooker with cooking spray. Place chicken in slow cooker and top with remaining ingredients, except pasta and garnish.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours. Serve chicken over pasta and garnish with cheese and parsley.
• Garnish Options: Parmesan cheese and chopped fresh Italian parsley.

CHICKEN RUSTICO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Slice the onions, chop the garlic, cut up the carrots and red pepper. Wash the chicken. Place the onions in the bottom of a roasting pan. Add the dried basil and the rest of the sliced veggies, including the can of diced tomatoes. (You can add zucchini if you like too...make the pieces large.) Salt and pepper the veggies, then salt and pepper the chicken. Place the rosemary and some onion underneath the skin of each piece of chicken. Put a few spritzes of olive oil on the mixture. Set timer for 45 minutes. Roast the chicken and veggies for 45 minutes. While roasting the chicken and sauce, start pot of water for pasta. When boiling, add a 1/2 teaspoon of salt. At 10 minutes before the chicken will be finished, boil pasta according to directions on box. Drain and reserve in the hot pot with a touch of good olive oil. At 45 minutes, take the chicken out of the oven. If the chicken is done, but the sauce looks like it could use more time, pull the chicken out of the pan and place it on a plate. Tent with aluminum foil. Put the roasting pan with the veggies back in the oven and roast for a few more minutes, turning the oven up to 450 degrees. When the roasted sauce is finished, plate up the pasta with the sauce and add the chicken. At the table, add freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and the torn basil leaves. Mangia!

CHICKEN RUSTICA OVER POLENTA

Steps:

• Instructions: Brown bacon in large deep pan. Remove bacon, leaving 1-2 T. drippings in pan.
• Dust chicken pieces with flour, salt and pepper. Brown chicken pieces 4 minutes each side in bacon fat; remove to platter when browned both sides.
• Make sauce: Heat oil, add chopped onion; sauté over low heat 6-8 minutes. Add garlic, sauté 2 more minutes.
• Add all other sauce ingredients and mix. Add bacon and browned chicken pieces; gently simmer 30 minutes.
• Add drained beans and simmer 10 more minutes. During this last 10 minutes, make polenta.
• Polenta: combine water and salt in a large glass microwave-safe bowl; whisk in cornmeal. Cover and microwave on HIGH 4 minutes; stir. Uncover and microwave 2 minutes; stir. Microwave 2 more minutes; stir in Parmesan cheese; sprinkle with parsley.
• To serve, spoon polenta in a bowl, then top with chicken and plenty of the chunky sauce. Garnish with parsley.

RUSTIC CHICKEN - {POLLO RUSTICO} RECIPE

Steps:

• Place the eggplant in a colander. Sprinkle with salt and let stand for 1 hour. Rinse and dry well. In a skillet, heat 1/4 cup peanut oil. Add the eggplant and saute until soft, about 6 to 7 minutes. Add more oil as needed. Set the eggplant aside. In a heavy, heatproof 9-inch casserole, saute the pancetta over medium heat until it begins to brown. Add the onion and saute until soft. Add the garlic and continue cooking until garlic is soft. Remove the ingredients to a dish and set aside. Heat the olive oil in the casserole, add the chicken breasts, and brown slowly on each side. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the reserved pancetta mixture along with the wine, tomatoes, and basil and stir to blend well. Cover the casserole and cook the chicken slowly for 45 minutes. Add the eggplant and cook 5 minutes more. Remove the chicken breasts to a cutting board and cut in half. Serve the chicken with the vegetable mixture spooned over the top. This recipe yields 4 servings.

CROCK POT CHICKEN RUSTICA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a 3 1/2-quart or larger slow cooker; stir to combine.
• Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours.
• Serve over pasta or rice.