Chicken Alla Diavola The Healthy Way Recipes

CHICKEN ALLA DIAVOLA (THE HEALTHY WAY!)

Steps:

• Trim all of the fat from the chicken breasts. Gently flatten each breast between two sheets of plastic wrap using a cleaver to achieve uniform thickness. Arrange the chicken in a baking dish.
• Combine lemon juice and mustard in a mixing bowl and whisk to mix whiskey in the oil pepper corns and pepper flakes poor the marinade over the chicken. Turn the breasts several times to marinade the chicken. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the grill to high. Oil the grate. Grill the chicken breasts until cooked, about 2 to 3 minutes per side, seasoning with salt and basting with any extra marinade.

POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA (SPLIT CHICKEN WITH HOT MUSTARD MARINADE)

Steps:

• Combine the marinade ingredients in a large bowl.
• Let stand for a few min, then adjust to taste.
• To flatten the chicken, first rinse the chicken and pat dry.
• With poultry/kitchen shears or a chef's knife, cut through the ribs and pelvic bones where they join the backbone.
• Remove the backbone and any traces jof kidneys left on the chicken.
• Turn the bird breast side down.
• Cut a notch in the breastbone at the wishbone end, and spread the ribcage apart.
• Turn the bird over again, and lean on it with the heel of your hand to flatten it.
• Tuck the wing tips under the rest of the wings, or remove and save for stock or buffalo wings.
• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and rub the marinade all over the meat and skin.
• Marinate for 30 min or up to 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Heat grill to medium high.
• Start the chicken cooking on the skin side, turn after 10 min, and continue cooking on the bone side until juices run clear when the meat is pierced near the bone. Total cooking time is 25-35 minute.
• Baste frequently with the remaining marinade while cooking, but NOT during the last 10 minute.

POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA (DEVILISH CHICKEN)

Steps:

• To butterfly chicken: place chicken breast side down on a cutting board. Using kitchen sissors or a boning knife, cut out backbone (toss or use to make broth).
• Spread open chicken and press down with hands to flatten (it should "crack").
• Rub the chicken all over with olive oil; season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper (or red pepper flakes).
• Cover and refrigerate chicken for several hours or overnight.
• Heat the grill to medium high heat.
• Place the chicken on the grill and cook, turning frequently so as not to burn, until done (internal temperature of 175 degrees F in the thigh), about 20 to 25 minutes.
• After about 10 minutes, begin brushing the chicken with the white wine every time you turn it over.
• Once done, transfer to a cutting board and cut it into serving pieces.
• Serve hot, with lemon wedges.

SPICY CHICKEN WITH OLIVES (POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA CON OLIVE)

Steps:

• Position rack in upper third of oven; heat to 425°F Lightly grease 1 large roasting pan or 2 baking dishes with oil. Open chickens and put them, skin-side up, into pan.
• In a small bowl, mix together mustard, black pepper, marjoram or oregano or sage, rosemary and red pepper flakes. Spread mustard mixture over chickens, distributing mixture evenly; season with salt. Drizzle each chicken with 1 teaspoon oil.
• Bake chickens for 20 minutes. Sprinkle olives over chicken, add wine to pan and continue baking until skin is golden and chicken is cooked through, about 30 to 35 minutes more.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack, tent with tin foil and let chickens rest for 5 minutes, spooning juices over the top. Serve with juices.

MUSSELS ALLA DIAVOLA

Steps:

• Cook garlic and red pepper flakes in oil in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until fragrant but not browned, about 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes with puree, tomato paste, herbs, capers, olives, and wine and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally and breaking up tomatoes, until sauce is thick, about 15 minutes.
• Cook linguine in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente, then drain in a colander.
• While pasta cooks, increase heat under sauce to moderately high and add mussels, then cook, covered, until mussels just open wide, checking frequently after 3 minutes and transferring to a bowl. (Discard any mussels that remain unopened after 6 minutes.).
• Serve linguine with mussels and sauce.

LUPA POLLO ALLA DIAVOLA (DEVILED ROAST CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES)

Steps:

• The"devil's oil" needs to steep overnight, and the chicken halves need to marinate at least four hours DEVIL'S OIL: Combine all ingredients in heavy small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until oil bubbles at edge of pan and thermometer registers 200 degrees F, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Set oil aside overnight to steep.
• Strain oil through fine sieve into small bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much oil as possible.
• Season oil to taste with salt.
• (Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.) CHICKEN?
• VEGETABLES: Whisk 1 cup olive oil and 1/4 cup pepper in 15 x 10 x 2-inch glass baking dish to blend.
• Add chicken halves to pepper oil; turn to coat well and arrange in single layer.
• Tuck lemon slices between and on top of chicken halves.
• Spoon some pepper oil fro dish over chicken halves.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight, turning chicken halves occasional.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Heat 2 heavy large (11- to 12-inch) ovenproof skillets (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat 5 minutes.
• Add 3 tablespoons olive oil to each.
• Remove chicken halves from pepper oil and discard lemon slices; sprinkle each chicken half with coarse salt and black pepper.
• Place 2 chicken halves, skin side down, in each skillet.
• Cook until skin is deep golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• Place skillets in oven and roast until chicken is cooked through and thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180 degrees F, about 25 minutes.
• Using tongs, turn chicken skin side up in skillets; let rest 5 minutes.
• Heat remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, carrots and celery; sauté until celery begins to look translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; cover saucepan and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Mix glaze into vegetables; season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon vegetables onto platter.
• Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
• Top with chicken.
• Serve chicken and vegetables, passing devil's oil separately.