Chef Vinny Olivieri, of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, shows News 12's Lily Stolzberg how to make chicken vodka and pepperoni stuffed garlic knots.
Ingredients:
1 ½ lb. pizza dough
1 pint Olive oil
¼ cup garlic (chopped)
2 tbs parsley (chopped)
3 tbs. pecorino romano
2 chicken cutlets (breaded and fried)
½ cup vodka sauce
½ lb. fresh mozzarella (cut in to 12 slices)
36 slices peperoni
Directions:
- Gently flatten the pizza dough into a square making sure not to over stretch.
- Cut the dough into 12 even pieces.
- Form the knots and place on a sheet pan.
- Bake at 450 degrees for about 20 minutes.
- While the knots are cooking, place the oil, garlic and parsley in a large bowl and mix until all are fully incorporated and set aside.
- Cut each chicken cutlet into six equal squares and set aside.
- Once the knots are fully cooked add the hot knots to the bowl with the oil mixture.
- Mix well making sure that the knots are fully coated with the garlic and oil mixture.
- Sprinkle the knots with the pecorino and mix again making sure that the cheese gets fully incorporated.
- Open the knots by making a horizontal cut making sure not to cut all the way through and place on a pan.
- Begin building by placing a teaspoon of vodka sauce on the bottom cut side of each knot.
- Place a piece of chicken on top of the sauce.
- Place another teaspoon of sauce on top of each piece of chicken.
- Place a piece of mozzarella on top of the sauce.
- Lastly place three slices of pepperoni on top of each slice of cheese.
- Place the tray back in the oven and cook at 450 degrees for about one minute or until the cheese melts.
- Remove from oven and garnish with the excess garlic oil mixture.