Recipe: Store-bought rotisserie chicken is a key part of this pasta dish

I emotion the flavors successful this easy-to-prepare rigatoni dish. Pulling the nutrient disconnected the bones of a store-bought rotisserie chickenhearted is simply a twofer endeavor; the pulled chickenhearted is delicious successful endless dishes and the bones tin beryllium utilized to enrich broth.

If you like, usage a crumbled feta that has Mediterranean-style ingredients added.

Rigatoni with Store-Bought Pulled Rotisserie Chicken and Feta

Yield: 4 servings

INGREDIENTS

Kosher brackish and freshly crushed achromatic pepper

14 ounces dried rigatoni pasta

3 tablespoons olive oil, positive much for drizzling

1 rotisserie chicken, tegument removed and nutrient pulled from bones. astir 3 cups (reserve bones and tegument to enrich broth to usage successful different crockery if desired)

2 ail cloves, minced

1 (28-ounce) tin full tomatoes with juices, San Marzano marque preferred

1/2 lb crumbled feta cheese

PROCEDURE

1. In a precise ample pot, bring 5 quarts h2o and 3 tablespoons brackish to a boil. Add the pasta and navigator until conscionable al dente, astir 1 infinitesimal little than the bundle directions. Occasionally springiness the pasta a disturbance truthful it doesn’t instrumentality together. Scoop retired and reserve 1/2 cupful of the pasta h2o earlier draining the pasta.

2. Meanwhile, enactment a ample skillet implicit mean heat. Add the olive lipid followed by the pulled chickenhearted nutrient and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until ail softens and becomes fragrant, astir 1 minute.

3. Crush the tomatoes successful your manus to interruption them up (this tin beryllium messy, truthful I bash this successful a heavy bowl) and adhd them with their foodstuff to the pan. Season with brackish and capsicum to taste. Cook connected medium-high until somewhat reduced, astir 2 to 3 minutes.

4. Add the pasta and reserved pasta h2o to the cookware and navigator for 1 minute, stirring to blend.

5. Remove from the vigor and disturbance successful fractional of the feta. Top the pasta with the remaining feta, drizzle with a small olive oil, and serve.

Source: Adapted from “Michael Symon’s 5 successful 5 For Every Season” by Michael Symon (Clarkson Potter, $19.99)

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