**Harry's Signature Chicken Vesuvio (Bone-In): A Culinary Symphony of Italian and American Flavors**
Gastronomes, prepare your palates for a culinary expedition to the heart of Italian-American cuisine, where Harry's Signature Chicken Vesuvio (Bone-In) reigns supreme. This delectable dish, born from the ingenious mind of Chef Harry Poulakakos, seamlessly blends the vibrant flavors of Italy with the hearty comfort of American home cooking.
Harry's Signature Chicken Vesuvio is a symphony of textures and flavors that will tantalize your taste buds from the first bite. Juicy, bone-in chicken pieces are expertly roasted until golden brown, achieving a crispy exterior and a succulent interior that melts in your mouth. Nestled alongside the chicken are roasted potatoes, imbued with delectable garlic and rosemary notes, adding a delightful crunch to every forkful.
But what truly elevates this dish to the realm of the extraordinary is the Vesuvio sauce, a rich and savory creation that brings together the best of both worlds. Crafted with San Marzano tomatoes, white wine, chicken broth, and an aromatic blend of herbs and spices, this sauce forms a flavorful tapestry that harmoniously coats every element of the dish.
Whether you're a seasoned home cook or a culinary novice, Harry's Signature Chicken Vesuvio is an absolute delight to prepare. The recipe is meticulously detailed, guiding you through each step with precision, ensuring that you recreate this culinary masterpiece in the comfort of your own kitchen.
So, gather your ingredients, fire up your oven, and embark on this delightful culinary journey. Indulge in the exquisite flavors of Harry's Signature Chicken Vesuvio, a dish that promises to captivate your senses and leave you craving for more.
CHICAGO'S CHICKEN VESUVIO
This Chicago original is a one-pan dish that starts on the stove and finishes in the oven. It's made with browned chicken-on-the-bone pieces, baked with garlic, onion, and yukon gold potato wedges sopped in white wine. Garnish with a lovely pan sauce and peas (or baby lima beans yummm!). Once an economic meal named for Mt. Vesuvio near Naples, it has turned into a signature Chicago dish that you'll absolutely love.
Provided by Diana71
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Thigh Recipes
Time 1h20m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Dry chicken pieces well and season liberally with salt and pepper.
- Warm olive oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium heat and add chicken, skin-side down. Cook until chicken is browned and skin is crisp, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn over and cook until golden brown on the other side, an additional 4 to 5 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside.
- Add potatoes, onion, and garlic to the skillet and cook until onion is translucent and potato wedges are starting to brown nicely on cut sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove vegetables from skillet and set aside.
- Pour wine into skillet and cook until reduced to 1/2 volume. Deglaze the pan by scraping chicken bits and other browned bits up. Return potatoes, onion, and garlic to the skillet. Add chicken stock, parsley, and Italian seasoning. Stir to combine. Add chicken pieces on top.
- Cover and transfer to the preheated oven. Roast until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink at the bone, about 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Return the skillet to stove and remove chicken and vegetables, leaving liquid. Bring to a simmer. Add butter and stir until smooth, about 5 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Add peas to sauce and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer. Serve chicken atop potato wedges and garnish with pan sauce and peas.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 305.6 calories, Carbohydrate 12.2 g, Cholesterol 81.4 mg, Fat 16.4 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 23.2 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 174.4 mg, Sugar 1.4 g
HARRY CARAY'S CHICKEN VESUVIO
Make and share this Harry Caray's Chicken Vesuvio recipe from Food.com.
Provided by mykidslightmylife
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In 12 inch ovenproof skillet, heat oil and whole garlic over medium high heat 4 to 5 minutes till garlic is golden. Remove from skillet. Add potato strips and cook 15 minutes or until golden, turning often. Remove and pat dry.
- Add chicken, skin side down, to hot oil. Brown slowly over medium heat, about 10 minutes. turn chicken skin side up and season with oregano, garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Add wine to skillet and return potatoes and garlic to skillet. Place skillet in 400 degree oven and bake, uncovered, 25 minutes or until chicken is done, basting last 10 minutes with pan juices.
- Serve the baked chicken with juice and potatoes. makes 4 servings. Note: If you don't have an ovenproof skillet, prepare recipe on range top in regular skillet then transfer to 13x9 baking dish.
CLASSIC CHICAGO CHICKEN VESUVIO
In the crowded world of Chicago Italian joint chicken dishes, there are always so many to choose from: piccata, marsala, scaloppine al limone, francese, parmigiana, and bocconcini, to name a few staples. And there's usually at least one dish named after a real guy...like Chicken a la Tony Ocean, Al Pimonte Ford Chicken, or Chicken Uncle Gino. But if you order a Chicken Uncle Gino or any namesake chicken, you're basically getting chicken vesuvio, with additional ingredients like crumbled sausage and maybe some freshly chopped parsley. That's why chicken vesuvio is king of the chicken mountain. It really is a lovely dish when done right: bright and zesty while still rich and succulent. Like most roasted chicken dishes, it's best when the skin is nicely rendered and crispy with a fair coating of almost-crunchy dried Italian seasoning. The fresh lemon and white wine give the dish a punch of life. The addition of peas is not exactly traditional, but they really tie the room together with their bursts of sweetness.This dish pairs well with sausage pizza and a big 'ol salad!
Provided by Jeff Mauro, host of Sandwich King
Categories main-dish
Time 1h40m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Season chicken liberally with salt and pepper. In a large cast-iron skillet, add 1 tablespoon oil and heat over medium heat. Working in batches, sear the chicken pieces, flipping only once, until golden brown on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Remove the seared chicken to a plate or sheet pan and set aside.
- Add 3 tablespoons oil to the skillet and place the potato wedges cut side down in the skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Sear until lightly golden, about 6 minutes, then flip and sear the other cut side for 6 minutes. Remove the potatoes to a plate or sheet pan and set aside.
- Add 1 tablespoon oil and the garlic to the skillet and let the garlic flavor infuse into the oil without the garlic coloring, 30 seconds. Add the thyme, oregano, and wine and bring to a simmer.
- Return the potatoes to the skillet in a single layer and top with the chicken, skin side up. Brush the chicken with a little more oil and season with salt. Sprinkle a generous amount of the Italian seasoning all over the tops of the chicken. Roast the chicken and potatoes in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
- Remove skillet from the oven, add the peas and let them heat through. Let the chicken cool for 10 minutes. Pour the lemon juice over the top and top with the zest and parsley.
CHICKEN VESUVIO
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Sprinkle chicken pieces generously with salt and pepper. Sprinkle oregano and garlic powder over chicken; set aside. Heat oil in large ovenproof pot over high heat. Add potatoes and sauté until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer potatoes to bowl.
- Add chicken to same pot and sauté until golden brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Add garlic cloves and dried crushed red pepper and sauté 2 minutes. Return potatoes to pot. Remove pot from heat. Add stock. Return to medium-high heat and bring to boil.
- Cover pot tightly; transfer to oven and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes. Add peas to pot; cover and bake 5 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to platter. Arrange potatoes and peas around chicken. Pour sauce from pot over chicken. Garnish with chopped parsley, if desired, and serve.
CHICKEN VESUVIO
No one really knows who invented chicken Vesuvio, a roast chicken and potato dish in white wine sauce named after Mount Vesuvius, the volcano in Campania, Italy. Some believe the dish first appeared on the menu at Vesuvio, a well-known Chicago restaurant in the 1930s; others believe it's a riff on the roast chicken dishes that grandmothers in Southern Italy have been making for hundreds of years. (The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.) Whatever its origins, Chicagoans claim it as their own, and you can find it at almost every Italian-American restaurant in the Windy City. The dish always includes plenty of oregano and lemon juice, and usually a scattering of fresh or frozen peas for color. We reached out to La Scarola, one of the most popular Italian-American restaurants in Chicago, for their recipe, and then we adapted it for home cooks. Serve it with plenty of crusty bread, for sopping up the mouthwatering sauce.
Provided by Margaux Laskey
Categories dinner, weeknight, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, toss the potato wedges with 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon oregano. Season with salt and pepper. Spread the potatoes out in an even layer. (It's OK if some overlap). Bake, tossing gently once halfway through cooking, until the edges begin to brown, and the potatoes can be pierced with a fork but are still quite firm, about 30 minutes. (They'll finish cooking with the chicken.)
- While potatoes roast, prepare the chicken: Season the chicken with salt, pepper and the remaining 1 teaspoon oregano. In a large 12-inch skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high until it shimmers. Working in batches if necessary, cook the chicken, skin-side down, until it is golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, add the butter and garlic to the skillet and cook until the butter is melted and the garlic is fragrant and just beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and wine to the skillet, bring to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Add the peas. Pour the mixture evenly over the potatoes, then gently stir to combine. Place chicken on top of the cooked potato mixture, skin-side up. Drizzle any reserved chicken juices on top.
- Bake until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Turn on the oven's broiler function, and broil until the chicken skin is golden brown and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle with lemon juice, and sprinkle with parsley. Serve immediately, with plenty of the pan juices spooned over the chicken and potatoes, and crusty bread on the side.
Tips:
- To achieve a crispy skin, pat the chicken dry with paper towels before cooking, and make sure the skin is well-oiled.
- For even browning, use a heavy-bottomed skillet or roasting pan to distribute heat evenly.
- Do not overcrowd the pan, or the chicken will not cook evenly. Leave some space between the pieces of chicken so that the air can circulate.
- Use a meat thermometer to ensure that the chicken is cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C).
- To make the sauce, use a good quality white wine, such as a Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc.
- Add the potatoes and peas to the pan in the last 15 minutes of cooking, so that they are tender but not mushy.
- Garnish the dish with fresh parsley or basil before serving.
Conclusion:
Harry's Signature Chicken Vesuvio is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion. The chicken is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sauce is flavorful and savory. The potatoes and peas add a nice touch of color and texture to the dish. This recipe is sure to please everyone at your table.
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