Chicken Canzanese Recipe

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Chicken Canzanese
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Ingredients
12
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Nutrition
1612
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. 1. Add 3 tablespoons kosher salt or coarse sea salt to a large bowl. Dissolve in about 1/2 cup warm water. Lay the chicken pieces in the bowl and cover with cold water (about 4 cups). Let stand for about 1 hour. Drain and pat dry.
  2. 2. Arrange the chicken pieces in one layer in a skillet and add the sage, bay leaves, garlic, cloves, rosemary, peppercorns, and red pepper. Cut the prosciutto into small cubes and sprinkle it over the chicken. Add the wine and water. Do not add salt, since the prosciutto will season the dish. Cover and simmer until the chicken is just cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes.
  3. 3. Remove the chicken to a plate and reduce the cooking juices until concentrated and a little syrupy—taste it to see. Serve the chicken in shallow bowls with the juices (and slivered garlic and prosciutto) spooned on top. Mop up juices with country bread.
  4. Cooking notes: A great chicken dish deserves (and depends on) a great chicken—buy the highest-quality bird you can find. The best place to look is a farmers' market.
  5. The chicken never browns, so if presentation is your thing, avert your eyes—or simply pull the meat from the bones and make a warm salad with escarole, the broth, and prosciutto. Or use the meat and sauce to make a very simple pasta dish. Whatever you do, be careful not to overcook the chicken. And serve it right after cooking, when its aromatics are most intense.
  6. The original recipe said it serves 4, but when I made the dish for my mother and me, we polished off the whole thing. Only count on it serving 4 if you’re making a bunch of side dishes.
  7. It may seem strange to buy expensive prosciutto and cut it into cubes, but don’t skimp on the quality of prosciutto. I did once and was punished with a salty sauce. If you can only get indifferent prosciutto, add less of it.
  8. Readers: I remember that I used the recipe the first time because chicken was affordable for a crowd and the ingredients then seemed different but not weird. This recipe as I read and reread it over the years pushed me to learn more about cooking. Why not brown the chicken pieces? (Giobbi does not.) What about putting it all together and sticking it in the oven? What if I chopped the seasonings and put them in the cavity and under the skin of a roasting chicken and then, well, roasted it? The recipe with its time-proven flavors (back to the Renaissance at least?) has never failed.
  9. For me, this is one of those recipes that permutes endlessly as the seasons, the occasion, or the cook's mood changes. Sometimes (often) I do brown the chicken, sometimes use pancetta instead of prosciutto, sometimes add a little chopped tomato, sometimes introduce porcini mushrooms. If the company at dinner have dietary restrictions, oil-cured black olives can stand in for the pork. I have tried it with boneless chicken breasts only—satisfactory—and with guinea hen—excellent.
  10. From Jonatha Ceely, e-mail MAY 18, 1969: “CHICKEN BIG,” BY CRAIG CLAIBORNE. RECIPE BY ED GIOBBI, WHO ADAPTED IT FROM A FAMILY FRIEND IN ITALY. —1969
  11. Reprinted from THE ESSENTIAL NEW YORK TIMES COOKBOOK by Amanda Hesser. Compilation copyright (c) 2010 by The New York Times Company and Amanda Hesser. Recipes and reprinted text copyright (c) 2010 by The New York Times Company. Used with permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1611.65 Kcal (6748 kJ)
Calories from fat 959.73 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 106.64g 164%
Cholesterol 651.92mg 217%
Sodium 2008.38mg 84%
Potassium 1630.38mg 35%
Total Carbs 2.62g 1%
Sugars 0.71g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.19g 1%
Protein 138.46g 277%
Vitamin C 21.1mg 35%
Iron 6.9mg 39%
Calcium 93.9mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 194.74 Kcal (815 kJ)
Calories from fat 115.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.89g 164%
Cholesterol 78.77mg 217%
Sodium 242.68mg 84%
Potassium 197.01mg 35%
Total Carbs 0.32g 1%
Sugars 0.09g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.02g 1%
Protein 16.73g 277%
Vitamin C 2.5mg 35%
Iron 0.8mg 39%
Calcium 11.4mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 41.1
    Points
  • 40
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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