food SnF's Feastival!

A dish not really known outside of Chicago, for reasons I cannot fathom.
 
Chicken Vesuvio!  Pan roasted chicken, yukon gold potatoes and a side of broccoli.  The sauce is a lemony white wine with oregano and a shit ton of garlic,  Then you finish the dish with some peas (I also added shrooms).  It is soooo good!  I took the base recipe from serious eats and added more garlic with about half the oil.  
 
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Chicken Piccata 
 
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Butterfly and pound out 2 chicken breasts.  Cut into 6 pieces.  Dredge the pieces in a mixture of 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup grated parmesan, 1 tsp dried oregano and salt/pepper to taste.  Pan fry the chicken until nicely browned and cooked through, then hold in a 200 degree oven until plating.  Deglaze the pan with 1 cup white wine and the juice of one lemon.  Add 2 tbsp capers, 1/2 cup sliced crimini mushrooms and 2 cloves worth of minced garlic and cook till done, about 8-10 mins.  Remove from heat and stir in 1 tbsp cold butter.  Taste and season as needed with salt & pepper.  Add 1 pound cooked pasta and the cooked chicken, then toss and serve.  To plate I made some collard greens, then surrounded the greens with the sauced pasta and topped with chicken. 
 
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Our dinner for Easter.  I smoked the ham over apple wood for 3 hours at 250 (which came out great) and served it with a cherry chipotle glaze.   Add some bacon braised green beans and au gratin potatoes and let's roll!  :)
 
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tinypic closed after they got bought out by photobucket (a fox company go figure), so I lost a lot of photos.  I'll try and reup with a new service I found - check out post image dot org if you're looking for a free photo hosting site.
 
Today's addition is grilled chicken thighs with grilled squash and spring onions from the garden.  Rub for the chicken is salt/maui purple powder and the squash got a touch of parmesan at the end.  :)
 
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