Chicken Riggies II recipe

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Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
¼ cup butter
5 cloves garlic, minced
10 tablespoons minced shallot
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed
salt and pepper to taste
1 (4 ounce) jar sweet red peppers, drained and julienned
½ cup fresh tomato sauce
¼ cup dry sherry
1 pint heavy cream
1 (8 ounce) package uncooked rigatoni pasta

Nutrition Info

566.2 calories
carbohydrate: 27.3 g
cholesterol: 162.7 mg
fat: 36.7 g
fiber: 1.5 g
protein: 32 g
saturatedFat: 18.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 457.5 mg
sugar: 2.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In a large saucepan, heat oil and melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic and shallots and saute until soft, then add chicken, season with salt and pepper to taste and saute for 8 to 10 minutes, or until halfway cooked.

  2. Add peppers and stir in tomato sauce, reduce heat to low and simmer about 10 minutes. Add sherry and simmer for another 10 minutes, then stir in cream and simmer for 10 minutes more. Toss all with hot, cooked pasta and serve.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This Riggie recipe simmers chicken breast in tomato sauce, cream, sherry, shallots, garlic and sweet peppers, and serves it all over hot, cooked rigatoni pasta - of course. Thus the name, Chicken Riggies! This recipe makes them beg for more;my husband hounds me to make this for him!

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