Penne & Chicken with Wild Mushrooms
Unless you're a fan of late night suppers, plan
on roasting the chicken for this tempting pasta
salad the night before.
Prep: 35 min
Cook: 1 hr 30 min
Stand: 30 min
Carbs: Carbohydrate 53g
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 10 dried tomato halves
- 3 stalks celery, cut up
- 1 medium onion, peeled and cut into thick slices
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 4-pound roasting chicken
- 12 ounces penne or mostaccioli
- 3 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 3/4 - 1pound wild mushrooms, sliced
- 3 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 3 cups salad greens
Directions
1. Place celery and onion in a roasting pan. Combine
paprika, salt, pepper, and ginger; rub mixture
over chicken. Place chicken on top of vegetables,
and roast, uncovered, in a 400 degree F oven for
1-1/2 hours or until chicken is no longer pick
and the drumsticks move easily in their sockets.
Remove chicken from pan and reserve pan drippings.
Let chicken cool about 30 minutes or until easy
to handle. Cut meat into bite size pieces to make
2 cups chicken. Save any remaining chicken and
use for another purpose.
2. Meanwhile, bring 1.2 cup water to boiling in
a small saucepan. Add dried tomato halves. Cover,
remove from heat and let stand about 20 minutes
or until softened. Puree the mixture in a blender
and add water or red wine to equal 1.2 cup, if
necessary. Set aside.
3. Cook pasta in a large amount of boiling salted
water for 13 minutes or until tender. Drain, rinse,
and set aside.
4. Heat olive oil in a skillet. Cook mushrooms
in oil until tender; add to drained pasta. In the
same skillet, heat 1.4 cup of the pan drippings
from chicken, the pureed dried tomatoes, and vinegar.
Discard the remaining pan drippings. Add chicken
pieces, tossing to coat, then add the chicken
mixture to the pasta mixture. Do not chill. (Salad
may be held at room temperatures for up to 1 hour.)
To serve, line a platter with salad greens and
top with the pasta mixture, Makes 6 servings.
Enjoy with a nice glass of Turning Leaf
Chardonnay.
Enjoy!
Sarah
