Chicken all’Arrabbiata
Published Oct. 30, 2024
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 40 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs ( 4 to 6 thighs)
- Salt and black pepper
- 2tablespoons olive oil
- 1medium shallot minced
- 6garlic cloves, minced
- ½teaspoon crushed red pepper
- ¼cup chopped jarred Calabrian chiles or hot cherry peppers
- 1tablespoon tomato paste
- 1(28-ounce) can crushed or diced tomatoes
- Polenta, for serving
- Fresh parsley, for serving
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
695 calories; 48 grams fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 22 grams monounsaturated fat; 9 grams polyunsaturated fat; 23 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 43 grams protein; 1154 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Step 2
On a plate, pat chicken thighs with a paper towel until the skin is dry, then sprinkle generously with salt and pepper all over. Set an oven-proof skillet or pan over medium heat and add olive oil. When oil is hot, add chicken thighs skin-side down and cook, untouched, for 9 minutes. When the skin is crisped and releases from the pan, return thighs to the same plate and set aside. (The chicken will not be cooked through at this point.)
- Step 3
Add shallot, garlic, crushed red pepper, chopped chiles and a pinch of salt to the pan. Cook until the shallot is softened and the garlic is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add tomato paste, stirring until the paste darkens, about 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, their juices and a big pinch each of salt and pepper and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook, scraping the bottom of the pan to loosen any browned bits, for about 5 minutes.
- Step 4
Remove the pan from the heat. Tuck the chicken thighs into the pan, skin-side up, ensuring they are covered in tomato sauce. Bake in the oven until the chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes.
- Step 5
Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning and spice level as necessary. Serve warm, over polenta, and garnish with fresh parsley.
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Comments
I think the part about tucking the chicken thighs, "ensuring they are covered in tomato sauce" is wrong. That takes the crispy skin and makes it mushy, which defeats the whole point of skin-on chicken thighs. I think it should say, "immerse the chicken into the sauce as much as possible without getting sauce on the skin".
Good recipe but 1/4 cup of Calabrian chili peppers is insane. That’s 4 tablespoons of some serious heat. One tablespoon will bring a tear to your eye. Two is about all I’d use. Four is bordering on the absurd.
Step 4 instructs: "Tuck the chicken thighs into the pan, skin-side up, ensuring they are covered in tomato sauce" The accompanying photo show thighs sitting in the tomato sauce, but not covered by it, with skin largely exposed. Though food stylists understandably want to give dishes their best look, such an obvious disparity between the instructions and photo is confusing to cooks - not to mention that the texture of chicken baked with exposed skin will will differ from that covered in sauce.
Delicious! Save the sauce, make shakshouka for breakfast the next morning with leftovers. Sauce, eggs, feta (and cilantro if possible). Serve with toasted bread- yum!
While the flavors of this dish are great (and yes, have some heat), I found the preparation unacceptably messy. Adding the shallots, garlic, Calabrian chiles, etc., to a very hot pan created an extraordinary amount of spatter in the 2’ radius of my burner.
Additional note: mess aside, the flavors were great, and do not skip the polenta. It tempers the spiciness of the dish. If you still find it too hot, a glut of vinegar (white wine for instance) will take it down a notch while adding a little brightness.
This recipe is fabulous. I made it as written with two tweaks: I used bone-in skinless thighs to cut out some fat, and I sprinkled the zest of a lemon over the dish before serving, long with the parsley. I used the full 1/4 cup of Calabrian chiles and the red pepper flakes and thought the spice level was perfect. I made sure to taste my chiles before committing to 1/4 cup since the heat levels vary by brand. I also used a high-quality can of fire roasted tomatoes and highly recommend.
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