I love Antico Pizza and Gio’s Chicken. I had a wonderful meal of the Sorrento Chicken and a side salad of mixed greens. The salad had a vinaigrette with lots of herbs and lots of flavor. Could you possibly get the recipe for both the Sorrento Chicken and the Italian vinaigrette? — Anne Stanley, Atlanta
The Sorrento chicken at Gio’s is (so) wonderful – bursting with lemony goodness – that I’d be surprised if you didn’t already run it. If you haven’t, please can you get the recipe? And while you’re at it, their house dressing is the bomb. Perhaps they’d share that as well. — Meredith Rubel, Marietta
This Sorrento Chicken has been wildly popular since the day that Giovanni Di Palma, founder of Antico Pizza, opened Gio’s Chicken Amalfitano. Follow the recipe and the result is chunks of tender chicken breast and wedges of roasted potato, served with a rich, lemony broth. A tip from Di Palma: rather than make your own chicken stock, use Better than Bouillon soup base, available in the soup section of many grocery stores. Both the chicken and potatoes can be seasoned ahead of time and refrigerated for up to 2 hours. When you’re ready to roast, if you’re pulling directly from the refrigerator, add a few minutes to the roasting time.
Our recipe calls for the sauce to be made with olive oil and lemon juice, but if you visit the market at Gio’s, you can buy their olive oil already infused with Sicilian lemon. Use that for the sauce in place of the olive oil and fresh lemon, but also as part of the dressing for a bright green salad you’ll want to serve alongside the chicken. While Di Palma was happy to share the recipe for the chicken, the house dressing (an Italian vinaigrette) remains a secret.
From the menu of...Gio’s Chicken Amaltifano, 1099 Hemphill Ave. NW, Atlanta. 404-347-3874, littleitalia.com.
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