Chicken parts in red sauce with macaroni
This tasty recipe is thanks to my aunt Niki. I simply love it.
We will use 2 chicken breasts and 2 chicken legs with their skin. Skin is vital as it makes the food much tastier. Ideally, the parts will be somewhat fatty – the more fat the tastier! Regarding the pasta, you may use fusilli, penne, (mini) farfalle, or any other kind of macaroni you fancy; definitely not spaghetti. A pressure cooker (as always) will save us considerable time.
The ingredient are:
- Chicken parts (as above)
- 450gr. of pasta
- 1/2 lemon
- Olive oil
- 1 large onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/2 glass of wine
- 1 can of chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 green pepper (sliced)
- 1 teaspoon of butter (optional)
- salt, pepper
Step 1: Prepare the chicken
- We cut the chicken parts into halves, wash them under the tap and then we gently rub them with the lemon.
- We add olive oil to the pressure cooker so that its bottom is covered and turn on the hob on low fire. We place the chicken parts into the cooker one-by-one and sizzle them until they brown on all their sides.
- Take all chicken parts out of the cooker and add the finely chopped onions and garlic. Sizzle them until the onion browns.
- Add the chicken back into the cooker and the wine.
- After 1-2 minutes add the canned tomatoes, the sliced pepper, salt & pepper to taste.
- Add few more water and let the chicken cook for 10 minutes in the pressure cooker, or around 45 minutes in a usual cooker. You may also add half a teaspoon butter if the chicken is not fatty enough.
Step 2: Cook the pastas and finish in the oven.
- As soon as the chicken is ready, take the chicken parts out and add the pasta.
- Add few water – only if necessary! Our aim is that we should not drain the pasta!
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Fan assisted ovens should be a bit less.
- When almost ready (try them to find out!), add the pasta into a tray and on top of the pasta add the chicken parts.
- Leave them in the oven for 10-15 minutes and serve.
Not that hard right? I will attach a photo here soon!
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