Chicken Spidini

"This is a "knock-off" of a dish from one of our favorite Italian restaurants. The prep time does not include marinating the chicken overnight. Most excellent served with Alfredo sauce and Artichoke hearts!"
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Wash chicken and cut each breast into 8 pieces (cubes or chunks).
  • Mix olive oil with lemon, fresh diced basil, garlic, red pepper flakes, black pepper and salt.
  • Reserve 1/4 cup of oil mixture.
  • Marinate chicken in remaining oil mixture in the refrigerator overnight.
  • --NEXT DAY-- Bring water to a boil for pasta.
  • Drain the chicken and roll the chunks in a mixture of breadcrumbs, dried basil, oregano and Parmesan cheese.
  • Skewer and put chicken on the grill, turning until done; or fry the chicken in olive oil until browned on all sides.
  • Toss the cooked fettuccine noodles or penne with the reserved oil mixture and serve.

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Reviews

  1. The whole family loved this! Didn't remember to marinate the chicken over night so I just did it in the morning and it was still GREAT! Cooked the chicken in olive oil and added a little Italian blend cheese to the noodles.
     
  2. This made for an excellent meal. Served this with pasta, green salad and fresh bread. This looked so impressive arranged on a platter and tasted as good as it looked. Thank you for a recipe that I will be making again and again.
     
  3. Very good. My picky daughter said I should rate it 6 stars! I did ask you a question about cooking method, and I went with frying them in olive oil. Turned out great. I didn't add as much red pepper flakes to the marinade because of family considerations, but it was a enough to give it a little zing. I served it with mini-penne, Alfredo sauce and a lettuce and tomato salad. Thanks for posting this.
     
  4. The chicken was delicious and tasted close to a restaurant. I grilled mine (oiled the grill first) using skewers, and I used about 1 tsp. of salt. Very flavorful marinade, easy to make. I grilled for convenient clean-up, but I'll try them sauteed another time. My family and I were impressed. We don't have to wait to go out to a restaurant now to enjoy this!! Thanks!
     
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