Healthy Italian recipe for 6 people, takes only 50 mins; recipe has olive oil, onion, garlic, red chilli, red wine, chicken stock, tomato, tomato puree, thyme, chicken leg, parsley and pasta.
Chicken arrabbiata
Course: Healthy Italian
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
25 mins
Ingredients
- Red Wine: 350ml red wine
- Red Chilli: 2 red chillies, deseeded and sliced
- Olive Oil: 3 tbsp olive oil
- Onion: 2 medium onions, halved and sliced
- Tomato: 600g tomato, finely chopped
- Pasta: pasta or mash, to serve
- Parsley: chopped parsley, to serve (optional)
- Tomato Puree: 3 tbsp tomato puree
- Thyme: 2 tsp chopped thyme
- Chicken Stock: 350ml chicken stock
- Chicken Leg: 6 skinless chicken legs
- Garlic: 1 garlic bulb, separated into cloves
Directions
- Heat the olive oil in a large heavybased pan. Add the onions and whole garlic cloves. Fry, stirring frequently, for 10 mins, adding the chillies for the final min.
- Pour in the wine, turn up the heat and allow it to bubble for 1 min to cook off the alcohol. Stir in the stock, tomatoes, tomato puree and thyme with some seasoning. Add the chicken legs, pushing them under the liquid, then part-cover the pan and leave to simmer gently for 45 mins.
- Remove the lid and cook for a further 15 mins until the chicken is tender and the sauce has reduced a little. Serve scattered with parsley, if you like, and pasta or mash.
