Tuscan Chicken And Sausage With Pasta Food

TUSCAN CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Sprinkle chicken with black pepper; place in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Combine all remaining ingredients except cheese; spoon over and around chicken. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 30 min. Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF. Bake 15 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF).

PENNA PASTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE & CHICKEN

Steps:

• Boil large pot of water for pasta. Cook pasta according to package directions. This can be done later if you are making ahead of choose to simmer longer than suggested.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium, add chicken. Sauté until no longer pink. I let the edges get a bit browned w/o over cooking. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain and transfer to a bowl.
• Add wine to skillet and boil reducing to 2T, scrapping up the browned bits.
• Pour wine over chicken in the bowl, set aside.
• Add oil to hot skillet, add sausage, onions and bell pepper to the skillet. Cook until sausage is no longer pink and onions & peppers are tender.
• Breaking up sausage into bite size pieces while cooking. Add the chicken back into the pot.
• Mix in tomatoes with juices, tomato sauce, chicken stock, garlic and rosemary. Simmer until reduced to saucy consistency, about 10 minutes. (as suggested by Bon Appetit). I allow it to simmer longer.
• Add pasta to the finished chicken & sausage mixture and toss.
• Add 1/2 - 1 cup cheese, toss to combine.
• Top with parsley right before serving.
• Serve with additional cheese at table.
• NOTE: 4/17/11 It's been a while since I've made this. I re-ordered the ingredient list because I found it confusing as originally written.

TUSCAN CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into 1½" cubes. Cut the sausage into similarly-sized pieces.
• In a skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Working in batches, brown the chicken and sausage in the olive oil. Transfer to a crockpot as they are finished.
• Pour the wine into the skillet to deglaze, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan, then add to crockpot.
• Add the artichoke hearts, the onion, the peppers and the mushrooms to the crockpot. Add the herbs, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the chicken broth. Cover tightly and cook on low 8-10 hrs or high 3-4 hours.