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Chicken Riggies

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Chicken Riggies (recipe by P.A. Johnson) is a Utica, NY classic. It is well known throughout the greater Mohawk Valley and once a year there is a festival in honor of this dish called Riggiefest, held to benefit the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley. Here is a recipe based from a Mohawk Valley native: http://miocibo.com/20....

Ingredients

  • 1 stick margarine (not butter), melted
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 2–5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 jar (20 oz) sweet peppers, sliced and seeded
  • 3 sliced hot cherry peppers (jarred ones with oil)
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 lb boneless chicken breast, cubed
  • 1 can chicken broth
  • 1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
  • ½ pint cream
  • 1 small can sliced black olives
  • 1–1½ lb rigatoni pasta, cooked

Instructions

  1. 1
    Sauté onion, peppers, and garlic in the margarine slowly over low/medium heat until the onions are clear.
  2. 2
    Add the Parmesan, chicken breast, chicken stock, tomato sauce, cream, and olives. Simmer for about an hour.
  3. 3
    Serve over the cooked pasta.
Category
Entree/Main

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken_Riggies