Here are several different recipes for Chicken Riggies
There had been a Riggie fest from 2009 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, it was done every year in Utica, New York with many versions of this great dish with chicken and rigatoni pasta in a delicious wine or vodka style sauce.
Everyone makes Riggies a little different, for instance back in the 1960s my mom never used the cream, and it wasn't called chicken Riggies, there was just chicken broth with tomatoes and sherry or white wine and sometimes vodka in it with garlic.
Dad hated anything creamy, so she didn't add cream to her.
Not sure how all these new versions got created, but the ones with cream are surely popular in most Utica restaurants.
Mom just called her dish Rigatoni Chicken with Vodka, and then years passed, and all kinds of pasta dishes were created, now called Chicken Riggies. Her recipe is at the end of this post.
During the local fest, many folks competed for prizes that won for their best dishes on Riggies.
Utica, New York in my hometown, has several local proprietors who have this dish on their menu there and the locals go crazy over it these along with vacationers who visit these well-known establishments for this tasty creation.
They're very popular and once you taste and, I am sure you will love some of these versions below to try whatever your taste buds prefer.
Check out the 5 versions below and find one you like and adapt away!
Utica is famous for not only for Chicken Riggies but also Tomato Pie, Italian Greens, Italian Lemon Ice, Pizza Fritta, Copycat New York Cheesecake, Upside Down Pizza, Pusties, and Italian Chocolate Cookies.
If you would like a printable version, scroll down to the bottom.
There had been a Riggie fest from 2009 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, it was done every year in Utica, New York with many versions of this great dish with chicken and rigatoni pasta in a delicious wine or vodka style sauce.
Everyone makes Riggies a little different, for instance back in the 1960s my mom never used the cream, and it wasn't called chicken Riggies, there was just chicken broth with tomatoes and sherry or white wine and sometimes vodka in it with garlic.
Dad hated anything creamy, so she didn't add cream to her.
Not sure how all these new versions got created, but the ones with cream are surely popular in most Utica restaurants.
Mom just called her dish Rigatoni Chicken with Vodka, and then years passed, and all kinds of pasta dishes were created, now called Chicken Riggies. Her recipe is at the end of this post.
During the local fest, many folks competed for prizes that won for their best dishes on Riggies.
Utica, New York in my hometown, has several local proprietors who have this dish on their menu there and the locals go crazy over it these along with vacationers who visit these well-known establishments for this tasty creation.
They're very popular and once you taste and, I am sure you will love some of these versions below to try whatever your taste buds prefer.
Check out the 5 versions below and find one you like and adapt away!
Utica is famous for not only for Chicken Riggies but also Tomato Pie, Italian Greens, Italian Lemon Ice, Pizza Fritta, Copycat New York Cheesecake, Upside Down Pizza, Pusties, and Italian Chocolate Cookies.
If you would like a printable version, scroll down to the bottom.
