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Puttanesca
source: Clay T. Martin
Great Italian dish. Works with chicken or shrimp. You could even make a vegetarian version of this one (if you are a wacko, "I want to be like a prey animal", vegetarian; or the economy left you with no meat).
Ingredients:
 2 | pounds | Chicken breast |
 2.5 | cups | Cooked egg noodles |
| 1.25 | cups | Marinated quartered artichoke hearts |
| 0.3 | cup | Oil cured black olives pitted and coarsely chopped |
| 6 | mediums | Roma tomatoes |
| 3 | teaspoons | (m) Corn starch |
| 1 | teaspoon | (m) Garlic powder |
| 1 | tablespoon | (m) Olive oil |
| 2 | tablespoons | (m) White wine |
| 2 | tablespoons | Basil dried |
| 0.5 | cup | Chicken stock |
| 4 | larges | cloves garlic chopped fine |
| 2 | mediums | Cubanelle pepper diced |
| 3 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 4 | tablespoons | Parmesan cheese grated |
| 3 | tablespoons | Parsley dried |
| 1 | medium | Red onion halved and sliced thin |
| 1 | to taste | Salt and pepper |
| 3 | mediums | Shallots chopped fine (optional) |
| 0.5 | cup | White wine |
Method:
You can substitute 1.5 lb of uncooked shrimp for the chicken. Cut the chicken into 1/4 X 1/8 X 1 inch pieces. Place chicken in bowl and dump dry marinade ingredients over it. Marinade ingredients are marked with a (m). Add oil then wine and mix thoroughly. Let stand at least 1/2 hour.
In a hot large fry pan or wok add 1 1/2 TBS olive oil, then chicken (skip this step if using shrimp). Lightly cook the chickenuntil just turning opaque . Remove from the pan and set aside in a covered bowl. Add rest of the oil and sweat the peppers, onions and shallots until onions turn clear (Do Not Brown). Figure 1 Add tomatoes and garlic and continue cooking for 5 minutes. Figure 2 Deglaze the pan with the wine. Figure 3 Add the basil, parsley, olives and artichokes Figure 4 cook for 3 minutes Figure 5 then add the stock, noodles, salt and pepper.
Simmer for 5 minutes then add the chicken (or shrimp). Cook for a few minutes longer (stirring regularly) until the chicken is warm or the shrimp is cooked. Figure 6 Add the Parmesan cheese stir and serve. You can garnish the dish for service with a little more dried parsley.
Notes:
If when finished (before the cheese is added) and there is too much liquid, mix a tsp of corn starch or arrow root with 3tbs water or wine. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the mixture. Then return the pan to the heat to a simmer for a minute.
If you are using shrimp and can get them with shells on then you can improve the dish by making shrimp stock. Remove the shells from the shrimp and place in a small pot. Add a small bay leaf, salt and pepper and enough water to cover (at least 1 1/2 cups). Simmer this for 20 minutes stirring and crushing the shells down into the water. Skim off any foam that forms. Use a strainer to separate the liquid from the shells. Place the liquid back on the heat and simmer to reduce the liquid until you have 1/2 cup of stock. If you can't get shrimp with shells just use the chicken stock.
If you want to use canned tomatoes, strain them first. At this point if you reserve the juice, you can use it as a substitute for some or all of the stock. You may want to reduce it some.
If you are using fresh parsley use twice as much or slightly more.
You can substitute 2 medium regular tomatoes for the romas.
If you substitute Bell for the cubanelles, try to use yellow or orange, and use less.
