Best 7 Chicken Bolognese Recipes

CHICKEN BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until the chicken has browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the carrots and onions and cook until the vegetables are tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic, chili powder, Italian seasoning and bay leaf and let the spices toast, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and let that toast and start to get brown on the bottom of the pot, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in the white wine and simmer until the wine has been absorbed into the meat. Add the evaporated milk and cook, stirring constantly, until it has cooked down. Add the tomato sauce, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup water. Cover and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is nice and thick and hearty, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the rigatoni to al dente according to the package instructions. Drain the pasta, reserving some of the pasta water. Remove the bay leaf from the sauce and toss the pasta with the sauce, adding the reserved water to loosen the sauce if necessary. Garnish with the parsley and serve with grated Parmesan.

CHICKEN BOLOGNESE WITH TAGLIATELLE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Swirl in oil. Add onion, celery, and carrots; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add chicken; season with salt and pepper. Cook, breaking into bite-size pieces, until no longer pink, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in tomato paste; cook 2 minutes. Add wine; boil until almost evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes. Add milk and tomatoes; reduce heat and simmer until thickened, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Cook pasta in a large pot of salted water. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water; return to pot. Add sauce, then pasta water, a little at a time, until sauce evenly coats pasta. Drizzle with oil and top with celery leaves, cheese, and a pinch of nutmeg; serve.

CHICKEN BOLOGNESE WITH PENNE

Steps:

• Heat a large saute pan over high heat. Add the olive oil and heat. When the oil is hot, add the ground chicken and cook until well browned, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add the onion, garlic, carrots, celery, thyme, and chili flakes and cook until the vegetables are softened, about 5 to 8 minutes. Carefully deglaze the pan with the white wine, scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Reduce until the white wine is almost completely evaporated.
• Add the tomato sauce and juice and simmer until a thick sauce consistency, about 20 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Cook the penne in boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain the pasta and set aside. Add a few tablespoons of the pasta cooking water to the sauce. Add the drained pasta to the sauce along with the Parmesan and toss well. Serve in a large bowl garnished with parsley leaves.

SPAGHETTI WITH CHICKEN BOLOGNESE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil and add onion, carrot and sauté until softened for approximately 5 minutes.
• Add chicken and garlic and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add wine and stir until almost all evaporated.
• Stir in the canned tomatoes with juice, chicken stock and parsley and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer for approximately 30 minutes.
• In a separate pan, cook spaghetti until al dente.
• Add cream and cook for 5 more minutes. Add salt and pepper.
• Toss pasta with sauce and garnish with parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN BOLOGNESE WITH CRISPY OREGANO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add the oregano and cook for 1-2 minutes or until crispy. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the onion, garlic and tarragon to the pan and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until softened. Add the ground chicken and cook, breaking up any lumps with a wooden spoon, for 5-7 minutes or until golden. Add the wine, tomatoes, salt and pepper and cook for 5-7 minutes or until reduced.
• Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes or until al dente. Drain, add to the sauce and toss to combine. Divide the pasta among bowls and top with the crispy oregano and pecorino to serve.

EASY CHICKEN BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy large frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the carrot and celery and saute until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Add chicken and and heat 1 minute. Add the marinara sauce. Decrease the heat to medium-low and simmer gently for 15 minutes to allow flavors to blend, stirring often. Stir in basil. Season the sauce, to taste with salt and pepper. (The sauce can be made 1 week ahead. Cool completely, than transfer it to a container and freeze for future use. Bring sauce to a simmer before using.).
• Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Add the pasta to the sauce and toss to coat, adding enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten as needed. Serve with Parmesan.

CHICKEN BOLOGNESE WITH RIGATONI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 T. of the olive oil; heat 1 minute. Add the chicken; cook, stirring and breaking up pieces, until lightly browned, about 6 minutes. Season with 1/2 teaspoons of the salt and pepper to taste. Transfer chicken with a slotted spoon to a colander to drain; set aside.
• Heat the remaining 2 T. of olive oil in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots and celery; cook, stirring, until they just start to color, 6 minutes. Add the garlic; cook 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste; cook until blended and fragrant, 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in the wine. Cook, stirring occasionally, until almost all the liquid has evaporated, 5-7 minutes. Add the tomatoes; cook 3 minutes. Add the broth, cooked chicken, oregano, thyme, remaining 1/2 teaspoons of salt and pepper to taste. Reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened slightly, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile heat a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the rigatoni; cook until al dente according to package directions.
• Stir the basil and red pepper flakes into the sauce; adjust the seasoning. Drain pasta; toss with the sauce in a large serving bowl.