Chicken Penne á La Marengo Food

CHICKEN PENNE á LA MARENGO

Steps:

• Spray 12-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add chicken; stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes or until brown.
• Stir in broth; heat to boiling. Stir in pasta and bell pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in tomatoes, wine and tomato paste. Cook uncovered 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in center and pasta is tender. Sir in olives.

CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Wash chicken pieces and pat dry.
• Season chicken and dredge in flour, shaking off excess.
• Heat oil and butter in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Brown chicken pieces, a few at a time, then remove to a side plate as they are browned and continue with other pieces, adding more oil and butter if necessary.
• Quickly brown mushrooms, then remove to a side plate.
• Add onions to pan and cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes.
• Stir in broth.
• Add tomatoes, green pepper, olives, garlic and allspice; simmer for 3-4 minutes.
• Return chicken to pan; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes, or until tender.
• Arrange chicken on platter and keep warm in oven.
• Stir lemon juice into mixture in pan, add mushrooms and bring to the boil.
• Boil until reduced by half.
• Pour over chicken and serve.

CHICKEN AND PENNE PRIMAVERA

Steps:

• Cook and drain pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, in 4-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until brown on outside and no longer pink in center.
• Stir in zucchini, squash and asparagus. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Stir pasta into chicken mixture. Stir in dressing and basil; cook until thoroughly heated. Sprinkle with cheese and pepper.

CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Rub chicken pieces with 1½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper; dredge in flour.
• Brown in oil on one side, and then add onion and turn pieces to brown on the other side.
• When well browned, pour in wine and boil until wine reduces to about half.
• Stir in puree, garlic, and parsley, and then cover and cook slowly for 20 minutes.
• Add thyme and mushrooms; cook 10 minutes longer.
• Adjust seasoning.
• Transfer chicken to platter surrounded with croutons; pour pan gravy over the chicken.

CHICKEN MARENGO STYLE (POLLO ALLA MARENGO)

Steps:

• Place large skillet over medium heat with olive oil.
• When hot, add the chicken pieces and brown on all sides.
• Pour off any excess oil.
• Reduce the heat to low, pour in the Madeira, and season with the nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Let cook for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, drain the mushrooms, straining the water of grit through a paper towel or coffee filter.
• If the mushrooms are gritty, rinse them well.
• Add the mushrooms to the chicken, along with the soaking water.
• Stir in the garlic, then add the chicken stock.
• Cover and let cook until the chicken is tender- about 45 minutes.
• To serve, place the chicken pieces on a warm platter and spoon some of the sauce over the chicken pieces.
• Sprinkle a generous amount of parsley on top.

NAPOLEON'S CHICKEN MARENGO

Steps:

• Salt and pepper chicken and pat in seasonings.
• Heat olive oil to med-high.
• Dredge chicken in flour and add to heated oil.
• Brown on both sides, about 3 minutes each side.
• Place browned chicken on papertowels
• In same skillet, saute onions 10 minutes.
• After five mins add minced garlic.
• Add tomatoes, wine, and stir until bubbly.
• Lower heat to a low simmer.
• Return chicken pieces to skillet.
• Simmer for 1 hour if using dark meat, 45 mins if using breasts.
• Check chicken at 15 min intervals. If too dry, add 1/3 C Chicken Broth (or to your liking).
• At first 15 min interval, taste sauce and S& P to your taste.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Add mushrooms and shrimp to simmering chicken at 50 mins or 35 mins, respectively, assure shrimp is simmering in sauce until just pink.
• Butter slices of bread or drizzle olive oil and toast in preheated oven (3-5 mins).
• Add one piece of chicken on top of a slice of toast, spoon sauce over chicken.
• Add 2-3 shrimp on top or around chicken.
• Sprinkle a little parsley on each serving (optional).
• Fry eggs in olive oil or bacon grease, Sunny side up (eggs optional).
• Place egg by side of chicken serving, S&P to taste.