Chicken Riggies recipe

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Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package rigatoni pasta
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut in bite-sized pieces
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 onion, diced
2 Cubanelle peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
3 roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
2 hot cherry peppers, seeded and minced
½ cup heavy cream
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Nutrition Info

613.5 calories
carbohydrate: 70.8 g
cholesterol: 91.6 mg
fat: 20.7 g
fiber: 6.5 g
protein: 38.2 g
saturatedFat: 7.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 576.3 mg
sugar: 4.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Serve garnished with Parmesan cheese.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is Utica, New York's, specialty dish. Rigatoni (riggies) pasta is paired with chicken and spicy peppers in a creamy red/white sauce. Some other popular additions are mushrooms and black olives.

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