Cast-Iron Skillet Chicken Sicilian Style

Submitted by Alley Barbie

"{Rachel Ray}"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 large piece chicken breasts, bone-in, skin-on, halved across
• 4 pieces dark chicken meat, bone-in, skin on, thighs and or or legs
• salt and pepper
• 5 tablespoons evoo extra virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds, about 2/3 palmful (optional)
• 4 small celery ribs, and leafy tops from heart chopped
• 2 cubanelle peppers, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 large garlic cloves, chopped or crushed
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 1/3 palmful
• 1 cup pitted Sicilian olives
• 6 -8 small ripe plum tomatoes, quartered lengthwise
• 1 handful large golden raisin (optional)
• 1 1⁄2 cups nero d'avola sicilian red wine or other spicy red wine
• 6 cups arugula or 6 cups baby arugula
• 1 lemon
• 1 loaf crusty bread, such as ciabatta

directions

1. Preheat cast-iron skillet to medium-high heat and the oven to 400˚F.
2. Season the chicken with salt and pepper liberally on both sides. Heat 1 tablespoon EVOO in the skillet, one turn of the pan. When oil smokes, add chicken and brown a few minutes on each side then remove and turn heat down a bit.
3. Add some EVOO to pan, 2 turns of the pan, and add fennel seeds and stir; add celery, peppers and onions, season with salt and pepper and soften 3 - 4 minutes. Then add garlic, red pepper flakes and sauté 2 minutes more.
4. Add tomatoes and golden raisins if using, stir to combine, then stir in wine to deglaze pan. Set chicken back on top of pan and transfer to oven.
5. Roast 15 minutes or until juices run clear. Serve from pan at table and pass arugula dressed with lemon and EVOO, salt and pepper and crusty bread for mopping.