There's an expression in Italian, roughly translated, that "Everything is good fried, even shoes." I'm starting to think the same way about pickled cherry peppers (and pickled food in general) as there are so many things I enjoy cherry peppers piled upon.
Coincidently, speaking of shoes, one of my favorite winter dishes is Chicken Scarpariello, or the "the shoemaker's chicken." My adoration with pickled cherry peppers began with this dish (as well as the pork chop at Bamonte's Restaurant in Brooklyn) and returns every winter as the combination of chicken, sausage, tons of garlic and a blanket of pickled cherry peppers (in a tangy sauce, sopped up with lots of bread) just punches back at winter like few other meals.
Give this one a try, and I'll take a stab at pickled cherry peppers on a shoe.
Chicken Scarpariello
4
servings20
minutes40
minutesIngredients
3 pounds 3 bone-in chicken breast and thighs (breast quartered; thighs halved)
1 pound 1 sweet sausage
8 8 -10cloves garlic, smashed
1 cup 1 pickled cherry peppers, sliced
1 Tbs. 1 dried oregano
1 cup 1 dry white wine
1/4 cup 1/4 red wine vinegar or juice from pickled cherry peppers
1 cup 1 chicken broth
salt & pepper
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Season the chicken pieces with salt & pepper.
- Heat an oven-proof, large skillet over medium-high heat.
- When hot, coat the bottom of the skillet with olive oil.
- Add the sausage and brown evenly on all sides (4-5 minutes total).
- Remove the browned sausage to a plate.
- Add the chicken and brown evenly on all sides (8-10 minutes).
- Remove the browned chicken to a plate.
- Lower the heat to medium.
- Add the garlic and sliced cherry peppers. Stir.
- Before the garlic burns, add the white wine and scrap the bottom of the pan to deglaze.
- Add the chicken broth and vinegar (or pepper juice).
- Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and let reduce for 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken and juices to the skillet, put in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
- Nestle the sausage among the chicken and roast for five minutes.
- Remove the skillet and transfer the contents to a large platter.
- Serve immediately with lots of crusty bread for the sauce!
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