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Chicken Riggies

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Chicken Riggies

This pasta dish from Utica, New York, is made with chicken, rigatoni, and hot or sweet peppers in a spicy tomato cream sauce. We used some of the brine from the jarred pickled peppers to marinate the chicken, and more to lend its punchy heat to the tomato sauce; the cream in the sauce tempers the heat of the peppers. If you have the time and patience, cover the pot of pasta with a lid and let the flavor meld for three minutes before eating.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces

  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste

  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

  • ½ cup seeded and finely chopped pickled hot cherry peppers, plus 6 tablespoons pickle brine (from 1 [22.2-ounce jar), divided

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil

  • 3 cups coarsely chopped trimmed mixed fresh mushrooms (such as oyster, shiitake, and cremini mushrooms) (from 8 ounces whole mushrooms)

  • 1 small (6-ounce) yellow onion, finely chopped (1 cup)

  • 1 medium-size (9-ounce) red bell pepper, chopped (1 1/2 cups)

  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic (about 6 garlic cloves)

  • 1 cup dry white wine

  • 2 (28-ounce) cans whole peeled San Marzano plum tomatoes, finely crushed by hand

  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano

  • 1 pound uncooked rigatoni pasta

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream

  • Pecorino Romano cheese, grated with a Microplane grater