365. Pollo in Salsa Tonnata

Chicken in Tuna Sauce

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

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Take a whole young chicken—by “whole chicken” I mean one cleaned of its innards, and with the neck and feet removed—and toss it into a pot of boiling water. Half an hour should suffice to cook it. When you take it out of the pot, remove the skin, which is not needed for this dish, remove all the bones, and cut it into pieces which you will season with salt—not too much—pepper, and two tablespoons of olive oil. After letting the chicken pieces sit in a pile on a platter for several hours, co