chicken riggies

{{Short description|Pasta dish}}

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| name = Chicken riggies

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| alternate_name = Utica riggies

| country = Utica, New York, United States

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| type = Pasta

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| main_ingredient = Chicken, peppers, rigatoni, tomato sauce

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Chicken riggies or Utica riggies is an Italian-American pasta dish native to the Utica–Rome area of New York State.{{cite book|year=2015|first=Chuck |last=D'Imperio |title=Taste of Upstate New York: The People and the Stories Behind 40 Food Favorites|publisher=Syracuse University Press |pages=73–76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SIT3CgAAQBAJ&q=riggies&pg=PA73|isbn=9780815653233 }}{{cite news|title=Locals react as Rachael Ray teaches nation how to cook chicken riggies |first=Dave |last=Dellecese |url=http://www.wktv.com/news/local/9965316.html |publisher=WKTV |date=24 September 2007 |access-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223071222/http://www.wktv.com/news/local/9965316.html |archive-date=23 February 2012 }} Although many variations exist, it is a pasta-based dish typically consisting of chicken, rigatoni, and hot or sweet peppers in a spicy cream and tomato sauce.{{cite book|title=Home Plate: The Culinary Road Trip of Cooperstown|first=Brenda|last=Berstler|publisher=Savor New York|year=2007|page=63|isbn=9780979680205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GT3cuKPCdWAC&q=riggies&pg=PA63}}{{cite web|last1 = Monaski|first1 = Jeff|title = Utica Native Shares Chicken Riggies Recipe With Taste Of Home Magazine|url = http://wibx950.com/utica-native-share-chicken-riggies-recipe-with-taste-of-home-magazine/|website = WIBX 950AM|access-date = 20 April 2015|date = 6 June 2013|publisher = Townsquare Media}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mohawkvalleyliving.com/recipes.htm|title=Shrimp Vodka Riggies|publisher=Mohawk Valley Living|access-date=18 December 2009}} Many of the chefs from the Utica area seem to have a claim to the dish, yet there seems to be no clear idea who was the originator.{{cite web|url=http://uticadailynews.com/utica_daily_focus/4606-Controversy-surrounds-chicken-riggies-origin.html |title=Controversy surrounds chicken riggies' origin |last=Kahler |first=Colleen Passalacqua |date=22 April 2009 |publisher=Utica Daily News |access-date=18 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717183232/http://uticadailynews.com/utica_daily_focus/4606-Controversy-surrounds-chicken-riggies-origin.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}