Chicken Riggies (From Utica, NY)

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Utica, NY has just finished a successful "Riggiefest." By law, every  upstate 
New York town must have its own food, from Buffalo wings to beef n' weck  to 
Binghamton spiedies to Saratoga potatoes to to Syracuse salt potatoes to  
Rochester white hots and now Utica spiedies. My college town of Troy and my home  
town of Spring Valley are the only NYS towns with no cuisine at all.
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"Riggies" (rigatoni) is not in DARE. Are the Utica newspaper(s) online for  
the 1990s?
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_http://www.foodreference.com/html/new-york-festivals.html_ 
(http://www.foodreference.com/html/new-york-festivals.html) 
May  21, 2005 _Utica's  Riggiefest_ (http://www.ywcamv.org/) 
Utica, New York
Chicken Riggies are a staple of the Utica  community and will be available 
for tasting from several local eateries the  first annual "Utica's Riggiefest." 
'Chicken Riggies' are a way of preparing  rigatoni in a creamy marinara sauce 
with chicken and spices. The term "riggie"  has caught on in the Central New 
York area and many local restaurants serve this  very popular and delicious 
dish.
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_http://www.uticaod.com/archive/2005/06/02/opinion/29830.html_ 
(http://www.uticaod.com/archive/2005/06/02/opinion/29830.html) 
 
Make Utica riggies known nationwide  
Congratulations to the YWCA on its enormously successful Utica Riggies  
Festival. Huge crowds attended to sample the area's most famous and popular  dish. 
The variety of recipes presented by each of the 15 restaurants in  attendance 
made it a fun and surprise- filled afternoon.  
There is no reason "Utica riggies" can't take its place in the national  
jargon along with Buffalo wings, Carolina barbecue, Omaha steaks, San Francisco  
sourdough, New York pizza and the rest.  
All we and our local restaurateurs have to do is to call them Utica Riggies  
on the menu and use the name when we order them. Our restaurants and our 
special  ways of cooking are a source of pride around here, and it wouldn't hurt to 
let  visitors know how we feel.  
It might not produce jobs and growth in the short term, but it will get  
people thinking about us in a positive way. It costs us nothing to be proud of  
our valley!  
BOB KELLY  
Utica 
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3. _Sample the best at  Riggiefest_ 
(http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html) 
May 19, 2005 •• 234  words •• ID: uti2005051911191361
By SHAWN ANDERSON Observer-Dispatch  scanderson at utica.gannett.com UTICA - The 
inaugural Utica Riggiefest takes place  this weekend. For $5, residents can 
sample one of Utica's most famous dishes -  chicken with rigatoni pasta in 
sauce as prepared by 14 restaurants, and vote for  their favorite. The top 
vote-getter walks away with the Riggie Cup. Dave Gibson,  a financial consultant at 
Smith Barney, said he founded the Riggiefest so people  would take pride in 
Central New York.    (http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html) 
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4. _City sinks its teeth into  Riggiefest_ 
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January 14,  2005 •• 450 words •• ID: uti2005011410021332
By SHAWN ANDERSON Observer-Dispatch UTICA - Mark Rende  starts with imported 
rigatoni pasta. The chicken breast is charbroiled. He adds  white wine, basil 
and garlic to the mix - and he's just getting started. "You  got mushrooms, 
peppers, onions, black olives," he said. The ingredients come  together to make 
chicken riggies, the most popular dish at Mr. McGill's, the  Schuyler eatery 
owned by Rende. He claims to offer some of the best chicken  riggies in the 
Mohawk    (http://nl.newsbank.com/nojavascript.html) 
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_Can  Someone Explain Today's Pearls Before Swine_ 
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06be5752?q=riggies+and+utica&rnum=1&hl=en#bae68c0106be5752)  
... for  Utica, I've been there once or twice, but never long enough to  
learn anything
about the local cuisine. I recently read an article  about "chicken riggies," 
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_rec.arts.comics.strips_ 
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_Up  State NY breakfast_ 
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um=2&hl=en#ed1a62dd37775157)  
... Googling: East Utica  greens, the first hit was: 
http://themezz.com/cgi-local ...  (and
"hats" :>) Hats were in decline, displaced by "chicken  riggies", but are ... 
  
_rec.food.cooking_ 
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_OT:::  Where's Curly Sue?_ 
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a&rnum=3&hl=en#171d009e935bdc27)  
... I visited my family around  Christmas, enjoying the chaos and the food of 
my people-
Utica  greens, pastaciotti, tomato pie, chicken riggies, etc. ...  
_rec.food.cooking_ 
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   _How  to Make Sfogliatelle?_ 
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tica&rnum=4&hl=en#9de1f1302625cfe3)  
Visiting my hometown (Utica,  New York) over the past weekend, I ate so much 
fantastic
Italian soul  food (chicken riggies, greens, pastries, etc.) I fell in ...  
_rec.food.cooking_ 
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   _hometown  surprises_ 
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um=5&hl=en#e1fa63db400e6eaa)  
... recent" (ie, invented after I left)  creations including Greens Morelli 
and chicken
riggies.  ... half moons are still the best in the universe and Utica  is the 
only ...   
_rec.food.cooking_ 
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   _Spiedies  by Mail_ 
(http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.culture.ny-upstate/browse_thread/thread/da867ca5e2dd3fc8/d945d41015b6694b?q=riggies+and+utic
a&rnum=6&hl=en#d945d41015b6694b)  
hate to say this..but speedies are a Binghamton  original....wings are from 
buffalo....
And Utica has fried  ravioli (YUM!), greens moreale and chicken riggies. ...  
_alt.culture.ny-upstate_ 
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RECIPE: Chicken Riggies - local favoritePosted by _Debbie814_ 
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(http://members.gardenweb.com/members/Debbie814) ) on Mon, Nov  29, 04 at 20:09  
Here's a local favorite. Chicken Riggies, they're on just about every  
Italian restaurant menu in my hometown Utica, NY. It's a quick, easy meal.   
Chicken Riggies  
1 stick butter, melted 
1 onion minced 
3 cloves garlic, minced  
20 oz. jar of sweet peppers (sliced with seeds removed) 
3 sliced  hot cherry peppers (packed in jar with oil)  
Saute above ingredients.  
Add:  
1 cup parmigiano cheese 
2 lbs. boneless chicken breast, cubed 
1  can chicken broth 
1 can tomato sauce (15 oz)  
Cook for 1 hour. Pour over 1 1/2 boxes of cooked Rigatoni pasta. Serve  with 
fresh Italian  bread.
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   Ok. This  article showed up in the news today but doesn't actually say 
what  the dish is (other than chicken and rigatoni). Can someone in  upstate NY 
please explain exactly what a chicken riggie is and how  it is prepared.

Utica builds festival around popular  chicken 'riggie' dish 

UTICA, N.Y. Buffalo has chicken  wings, Baltimore has crab cakes and 
Philadelphia has its cheese  steaks.

What does Utica, New York, have to offer in the way  of regional cuisine?

Chicken riggies.

The dish  combines chicken with rigatoni pasta and other ingredients. It's a  
popular item in Utica, where many local chefs claim to make the best  riggies.

In the spring, they'll be able to put their recipes  to the test when Utica 
hosts its first Riggiefest.

The  fund-raising event in May will let the public sample the offerings  and 
determine which restaurant serves the best chicken  riggies.

Founder Dave Gibson says it's another way for people  to take pride in 
central New York.

Copyright 2005 Associated  Press. All rights reserved. This material may not 
be published,  broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.  
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   Here is  a recipe that I found. (I have eaten in Italian restaurants in  
Utica, NY and never noticed it on the menu.)

CHICKEN  RIGGIES

INGREDIENTS:
4 tablespoons olive oil 
1/4 cup  butter 
5 cloves garlic, minced 
10 tablespoons minced shallot  
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast meat - cubed 
salt  and pepper to taste 
1 (4 ounce) jar sweet red peppers, drained  and julienned 
1/2 cup fresh tomato sauce 
1/4 cup dry sherry  
1 pint heavy cream 
1 (8 ounce) package uncooked rigatoni  pasta 


DIRECTIONS:
In a large saucepan, heat oil and  melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic 
and shallots and saute  until soft, then add chicken, season with salt and 
pepper to taste  and saute for 8 to 10 minutes, or until halfway cooked. 
Add  peppers and stir in tomato sauce, reduce heat to low and simmer  about 
10 minutes. Add sherry and simmer for another 10 minutes, then  stir in cream 
and simmer for 10 minutes more. Toss all with hot,  cooked pasta and serve. 

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   Sounds  pretty good. Thanks Chezkatie   
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   Heck,  that's Rigatoni con il pollo. And they call it Chicken Riggies?  
Sheesh

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