Chicken Marsala. A delicious, classic chicken dish – lightly coated chicken breasts braised with Marsala wine and mushrooms. Easy and ideal for both a quick weeknight entree AND serving to company. Pour the Marsala in the pan and boil down for a few seconds to cook out the alcohol.
You can have Chicken Marsala using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken Marsala
- It’s 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- It’s 1 1/2 lb of chicken tenderloins.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of granulated garlic.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of salt.
- You need 1/4 tsp of pepper.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of all purpose flour.
- It’s 2 clove of garlic, minced.
- You need 2 small of Shallots, sliced thin.
- It’s 8 oz of mushrooms, quartered.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of marsala wine.
- You need 1/4 cup of heavy cream.
It has become a classic on Italian-American restaurant menus, and a dish that was often requested in our catering business. Chicken Marsala Chicken marsala is usually high in fat and calories. But in this version, the flavor really comes from deglazing the skillet with the broth and wine, so even though I eliminated extra oil, the taste isn't lost. —Nancy Granaman, Burlington, Iowa Chicken Marsala is an Italian-American dish of golden pan-fried chicken cutlets and mushrooms in a rich Marsala wine sauce. Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms Chicken with Marsala wine and mushrooms is a very tasty and easily prepared second course.
Chicken Marsala instructions
heat saute pan with olive oil.
combine flour, granulated garlic, salt and pepper. place tenderloins in mixture and toss to lightly cost..
add chicken to heated pan and cool until lightly brown. about one minute on each side.(don't cool all the way).
remove chicken. add garlic to pan. when garlic starts to cool add Shallots and mushrooms. cool for about 3 minutes..
add chicken back to pan..
add marsala wine and bring to boil..
add heavy cream and salt and pepper to taste. cool until sauce has thickened. about 5 minutes..
Starting with Marsala, a liqueur wine well known in the kitchen for its versatility and, used in this recipe, gives the chicken an unmistakable aroma as well as an incredible softness. Cooking creamy chicken Marsala at home relies on two classic cooking techniques: pounding the chicken into thin pieces for quick pan-frying, and making a pan sauce from the cooked mushrooms with the Marsala wine. Partnered together and paired with the right ingredients, creamy chicken Marsala at home is a stunningly simple supper staple. Chicken Marsala A variation of the traditional Italian Scaloppine, this Americanized Marsala version is completely addictive. It's no wonder it's one of the most ordered chicken dishes in restaurants!
