Chicken Scarpariello - Country Style

Alan in SW Florida's Note:

"Fuggeddaboutit!" A favorite dish of the wiseguys. Make this for dinner and, ba-da-bing, you're ready for an evening with the Sopranos. This is one of my all-time favorite Italian-American chicken recipes. Be sure to serve some crusty bread to sop up the sauce.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 1/2 lbs chicken, cut into small serving pieces
• 1 lb Italian sausage, cut in 1-inch pieces (sweet or hot or both)
• 1 small red bell pepper, julienned
• 2 garlic cloves, minced and crushed
• 6 hot cherry peppers, sliced (bottled in vinegar)
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
• 1 cup chicken broth (canned or fresh)
• 1/2 cup dry white wine (such as Pinot Grigio)
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 -2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 potatoes, peeled and diced small
• 3/4 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced

Directions:

1. In a skillet, heat oil. Add chicken and sausage in batches; brown on all sides. removing pieces to a plate as they brown.
2. Discard all but 2 tablespoons drippings from pan. To hot drippings, add the mushrooms, red bell peppers, sliced cherry peppers, onion, potatoes, and garlic; saute until tender.
3. Return chicken and sausage to skillet. Add salt, black pepper, the rosemary , the broth, the wine, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil; lower heat and simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, about 25 minutes.
4. Remove chicken and sausage from skillet; arrange on warm serving platter.
5. Skim fat from mixture in skillet.
6. In a small glass measure, mix flour with 1/4 cup water until blended. Stir into liquid in skillet. bring to boiling, stirring constantly; boil for 1 minute, stirring, until mixture thickens.
7. Spoon sauce over chicken and sausage.

Reviews

[MamaJBG]

I really really like this as did my hubby. Nice kick to it. I also used Red potato instead of bakng potato

[twopenny]

Love the flavors! Tweaked it to what i had on hand- boneless chix beeast and some fingerling red and white potatoes cut to bite sized. I did not add the thickening as I let it sit at simmer for longer and it reduced nicely but left enough for sopping up with crusty bread. Kids loved it, too!

[SuperSpinach]

excellent dish... made it last week and ate all of the leftovers. i halved some baby red potatoes in place for the one large potato.... flavor were excellent.