Yield: 4 - 5 servingsAurora's Chicken Pepperoni!PrintIngredients4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded 1/2" thick (5 if they're small)
salt and pepper
2 Tbl. butter
2 Tbl. EVOO or canola oil
1/4 cup red wine
1/2 medium onion, chopped (1 cup)
1 sweet red cubanelle pepper, diced into 1/2" pieces (1 cup)
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1 (28 oz.) can whole peeled plum tomatoes such as Hunt's, break up tomatoes
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
1/4 cup tomato paste (about 2 oz.)
1 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
1 1/2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. dried italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. chipotle chili powder
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1 whole dried red chile pepper (6" long), snipped into 1/4" pieces (with the dried seeds)
8 oz. whole spicy pepperoni, sliced then cut into matchsticks
1 (16 oz.) bag shredded mozzarella and provolone cheese blend such as Sargento's
dried parsley plus fresh, (optional garnish)
InstructionsIn a large deep ovenproof frying pan (*I used a heavy-bottomed stainless steel one), heat butter and oil over medium-high heat, stir to mix. When hot, sear pounded chicken breasts (that have been seasoned to taste on each side with salt and pepper) until lightly browned on each side. *I did this in two batches as not to overcrowd the pan. Remove to a plate or baking dish, cover, set aside.Remove pan from heat (do not drain oil and butter), add wine carefully, let steam subside and stir and scrape bottom of pan.Return pan to heat and lower to medium. Toss in onion, peppers, oregano, italian seasoning and garlic powder. Sauté for 5 minutes adding pepperoni during last minute, stirring occasionally.Preheat oven to 350ºF.Add all tomatoes, breaking up whole tomatoes with your hand as you add them, and rest of ingredients *except cheese and dried parsley. Stir well to mix, bring to a low boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring as needed, occasionally, making sure there's no sticking on the bottom of the pan.Nestle browned chicken breasts down into pan under the sauce making sure that they aren't overlapping.Pop into fully heated 350ºF oven and bake, uncovered for 30 minutes.Remove from oven and turn up to low broil.Top each piece of chicken with large handfuls of cheese using all of it. Sprinkle top with dried parsley, and pop back into oven and bake/broil until cheese has fully melted. Mine only took another 5 minutes. Watch carefully as all ovens behave differently.Remove from oven and top with fresh parsley sprigs when serving if desired.NotesI paired this dish with angel hair and thin spaghetti (what I had on hand) topped with extra sauce, and it was immensely enjoyed with bites of the chicken all twirled together with the yummy cheese! Serve with a tossed salad and one of my homemade dressings, and some toasted garlic bread for an incredibly romantic date night in dinner!
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Mike -- I had a BLAST creating this. If I do say so myself, it is really REALLY good. That said, getting it to "look" like it did in the movie was the key, and, if you watch the moving carefully during the dining room scenes, in one scene there is no sauce on some of the plates, in other scenes sauce suddenly appears "out of no where" on plates via the magic of television (watch the Governor's plate and Fred's wife's plate in particular). Enjoy!!! 2ff7e9595c
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