Description
This is a newly adopted recipe. I will be working on making it lower in fat.
Ingredients
- Hot Water
- Vegetable Oil
- Salt
- Spaghetti
- Dried Thyme Leaves
- Cayenne Pepper
- White Pepper
- Black Pepper
- Dried Sweet Basil Leaves
- Unsalted Butter
- Onion
- Garlic Cloves
- Garlic
- Chicken Stock
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Tabasco Sauce
- Tomato Sauce
- Sugar
- Green Onions
- Garlic Powder
- Cumin
- Boneless Chicken
Instructions
- For example, if the recipe calls for 1 cup rich stock, start it with at least 2 cups of strained basic stock
- Dark meat, cut into 1 / 2-inch cubes
- Directions:
- Place in the hot water, oil and salt in a large pot over high heat
- And cover and bring to a boil
- When water reaches a rolling boil, add small amounts of spaghetti at a time to the pot, breaking up oil patches as you drop the spaghetti inches
- Return to boiling and cook to al dente stage, do not over cook
- (to test doneness of spaghetti, cut a strand in half near the end of cooking time
- When done, there should be only a speck of white in the center, less than one-fourth the diameter of the strand
- ) do not overcook
- During this cooking time, use a wooden or spaghetti spoon to lift spaghetti out of the water by spoonfuls and shake strands back into the boiling water
- Then immediately drain spaghetti into a collander
- Stop cooking process by running cold water over strands
- After the pasta has cooled thoroughly, about 2 to 3 minutes, pour a liberal amount of vegetable oil in your hands and toss spaghetti
- Set aside still in the colander
- Meanwhile, thoroughly combine the seasoning mix ingredients in a small bowl and set aside
- In a 4-quart saucepan, combine 1-1 / 2 sticks of the butter, the onions and garlic cloves
- Saute over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Add the minced garlic and seasoning mix
- Continue cooking over medium heat until onions are dark brown, but not burned, about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring often
- Add 2-1 / 2 cups of the stock, the worcestershire and tabasco
- Bring to a fast simmer and cook about 8 minutes, stirring often
- Stir in the tomato sauce and bring mixture to a boil
- Then stir in the sugar and 1 cup of the green onions
- Gently simmer uncovered about 40 nminutes, stirring occasionally
- Heat the serving plates in a 250f oven
- Combine the ingredients of the chicken seasoning mix in a small bowl
- Mix well
- Sprinkle over the chicken, rubbing it in with your hands
- In a large skillet melt 1-1 / 2 sticks of the butter over medium heat
- Add the remaining 1 cup green onions and saute over high heat about 3 minutes
- Add the chicken and continue cooking 10 minutes, stirring frequently
- When the tomato sauce has simmered about 40 minutes, stir in the chicken mixture and heat through
- To finish the dish, for each serving melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat
- Add one-sixth of the cooked spaghetti
- Heat spaghetti 1 minute, stirring constantly
- Add 1-1 / 4 cups chicken and sauce and 2 tablespoons of remaining stock
- Heat throughly, stirring frequently
- Remove from heat
- Roll spaghetti on a large fork and lift onto a heated serving plate
- Repeat process for remaining servings