Chicken Boscaiola Food

ITALIAN CHICKEN BOSCAIOLA

Steps:

• In a medium pan add the olive oil and garlic, cook on low heat for about a minute, then add the mushrooms, pinch of salt and chopped parsley, combine and cover. Let cook for a few minutes, then uncover and continue cooking until the mushroom are tender and slightly browned. Set aside.
• Dredge the chicken pieces well in flour, set aside.
• In a large pan add the butter, when melted add the dredged chicken, sprinkle with a pinch or two of salt and cook on medium heat turning to brown on both sides. Remove the chicken from the pan.
• To the pan add the mushrooms, white sauce, wine, water and black pepper, gently stir to combine. Then heat on high and bring to a boil, lower the heat to low/medium add the chicken, cover the pan and cook for approximately 30 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Stir often so the mixture doesn't burn, and turn the chicken over at the halfway point.
• Remove the cover and let thicken if needed or desired. Serve immediately.

CREAMY BACON CHICKEN BOSCAIOLA

Steps:

• Dice and cook bacon, onions, red pepper and garlic paste in a shallow fry pan until soft. Remove from pan.
• Cook chicken pieces in same shallow fry pan with butter until just cooked. Cook pasta at the same time as the chicken.
• Combine cooked ingredients with cream and kecup manis. Simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper and serve.

PASTA ALLA BOSCAIOLA

Steps:

• Place a large pot of water on to boil for pasta.
• Place dry mushrooms in stock in a saucepan and bring to low boil to reconstitute. Reduce stock by half, then set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon EVOO in a large pan over medium-high heat, add pancetta, guanciale or sausage and render. When pancetta starts to brown, add the fresh mushrooms.
• Strip and finely chop rosemary. Strip and stack sage leaves and very thinly slice. Add shallots, garlic, salt, pepper and herbs to fresh mushrooms, add 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil and stir 2 to 3 minutes. Add white wine and reduce by half. Add tomatoes and passata. Remove porcini mushrooms with slotted spoon from stock and add all but the last few tablespoons of stock (where grit may have settled) to the sauce. Reduce the heat under sauce to low simmer. Chop porcini mushrooms and add them to the sauce. Add heavy cream if using and stir.
• Add pasta and salt to boiling water and cook pasta 1 minute less than package direction. Reserve 3/4 cup pasta water and drain pasta.
• Return pasta to hot pot, add some pasta water, the cheese, a little EVOO or butter and half of the sauce and toss vigorously 1 full minute to combine. Use more of the hot reserved water as necessary to loosen sauce if it becomes too thick. Serve family style or in shallow bowls topped with remaining sauce. Garnish with parsley.