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Chicken Riggies

By Lorraine

Chicken or Utica Riggies is an Italian-American pasta dish native to the Utica-Rome area of New York State. It is a pasta dish consisting of chicken, rigatoni and hot or sweet peppers in a spicy cream and tomato sauce.
Are you from the Utica-Rome area of New York state? If so, you are probably very familiar with this regional specialty. Chicken Riggies or sometimes called, Utica Riggies is an Italian-American pasta dish native to the Utica-Rome area of New York State. It is a pasta dish usually consisting of chicken, rigatoni and hot or sweet peppers in a spicy cream and tomato sauce.

Chicken or Utica Riggies is an Italian-American pasta dish native to the Utica-Rome area of New York State. It is a pasta dish consisting of chicken, rigatoni and hot or sweet peppers in a spicy cream and tomato sauce.
Our daughter, Jill, introduced us to this delicious, regional dish from where her husband grew up and where they currently live. She made it for the family during their recent visit home. This is her own, slightly tweaked version of their favorite pasta dish.

 

 

Chicken or Utica Riggies is an Italian-American pasta dish native to the Utica-Rome area of New York State. It is a pasta dish consisting of chicken, rigatoni and hot or sweet peppers in a spicy cream and tomato sauce.

Chicken Riggies Recipe

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INGREDIENTS:

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 lb. rigatoni, cooked according to box directions
1 med onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
8 oz can tomato sauce
8 oz jar roasted red peppers, cut up
1 pint cream (Jill uses light or fat-free half and half)
1/4 cup white cooking wine
2 Tbs butter
2-3 Tbs olive oil.

DIRECTIONS:

Melt butter and oil in large pan and cook onion until soft over medium heat. Add garlic and cook just a minute more.

Add chicken; cook until half way done.

Add tomato sauce and roasted red peppers. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through.

Add cream, stirring gently until heated through.

Add Rigatoni and toss until coated.

If you like this recipe you might also enjoy:

Greek Pastitsio Casserole

Easy recipe for classic Pastitsio Greek Casserole, a pasta dish that contains ground beef and béchamel sauce.

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Filed Under: Pasta, Recipes Tagged With: chicken, Jill, pasta

Comments

  1. Keri On says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    That looks delicious! Thanks for all the great pictures! Nice to see how it looks!

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  2. Julie says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    What a great dish! It's so fun to learn about the regional food dishes. Bookmarking this one! Hope you're enjoying your time with your family!!!

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  3. Carol at Serendipity says

    April 19, 2011 at 9:41 am

    That looks wonderful! I get the best ideas from bloggers. Thanks for sharing.

    Carol

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  4. Shirley says

    April 19, 2011 at 1:00 am

    Oh this looks so yummy..I'm really going to make this..Right after Easter..and thanks for the pictures as I always love to see each step…it helps me right along…
    Thanks to your daughter too!

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  5. Sandi says

    April 18, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    This looks and sounds WONDERFUL and I LOVE pasta…although I am trying to lose a few lbs. eek!!
    Hugs~

    Reply
  6. NanaDiana says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:53 am

    Lorraine- Just a thought- You might want to not use word verifier. Blogger does a great job of weeding out spam. As it is, I have to click on Post Comment…then wait for the word verifier to come up..then type in that word and sometimes I have to do it second time. And, because the word verifier doesn't come up right away sometimes I click out before I realize that I didn't go through the whole process. Just a thought! Hugs- Diana

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  7. NanaDiana says

    April 19, 2011 at 12:45 am

    I have enjoyed this before. As soon as I saw the name of the dish I knew where it was from. I grew up just across the state line (PA/NY) a bit away from Utiica NY. My brother doesn't live far from there now. I'll bet she knows what a hoagie is too! Hugs- Diana

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  8. Ann says

    April 18, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    Boy that looks really good. I could go for a plate of that right now.

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  9. d~ says

    April 18, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    Looks delicious….What a beautiful young lady with adorable kids….and "She is still my Jilly Bean", brought tears to my eyes. I am going to make this dish! Thanks!

    Reply
  10. Mildred says

    April 18, 2011 at 9:39 pm

    That would be so good with some crusty bread! Thanks Jill for sharing!

    Reply
  11. Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook says

    April 18, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    Looks delicious, I'm definitely making this!

    Reply
  12. crochet lady says

    April 18, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    Looks great! Thanks for sharing such great pics too.

    Reply

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