Description

A delicious scallopine of chicken, mushrooms and garlic in a rich Marsala wine sauce. Serve with a side of pasta, rice or crusty Italian bread.

Ingredients

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2 large chicken breasts, butterflied and cut into 2–3 pieces each.

1 cup flour for dredging

10 garlic cloves, minced

1 lb mushrooms sliced

3/4 cup dry marsala wine

3/4 cup marinara sauce

3/4 cup chicken broth

1/4 cup minced parsley

3 T oil

1 T cold butter thinly sliced

Salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

Mise En Place all your ingredients – chop garlic, chop parsley, chop mushrooms, dredge chicken pieces. Open the wine, measure out the broth, etc. Have everything at your fingertips ready to go.
Heat the pan.
Add the oil. If the pan is hot enough, the oil will immediately start dancing around.
Shake the excess flour from the meat and carefully lay the pieces in the pan. They should sizzle right away. If not, let the oil get hot first. The chicken should fit in a single layer.
Once golden brown on one side, flip. When golden brown on that side, remove the meat from the pan and set aside.
Add the garlic, and almost immediately, the mushrooms and any other vegetable that is going in. (the pan is very hot and the garlic will burn in seconds if you’re not careful)
Add the wine, reduce by half.
Add the tomato sauce and broth (or whatever other liquid you are using). Stir. Bring everything back to a boil. Taste it and add salt and pepper. Place the chicken back in, the top of the chicken should be uncovered by liquid.
Continue to cook on high until the chicken is completely done and the liquid has reduces by about half again.
Remove from the heat. When the boil stops, stir in the cold butter and parsley.

Notes

If you are using a gas stove, especially one with high BTUs, and the flame comes into contact with the marsala wine it will ignite the entire pan. This can happen if you shake the pan when adding the wine and it sloshes up to the rim. There is no need to worry so long as you have plenty of space between the stove and the range hood or kitchen cabinets. The flames will quickly extinguish. If you are worried though, you can throw a cover on the pan and that will put the flames out.