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Chicken Marsala

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • ~2# Chicken Breasts
  • Salt and Black Pepper to taste
  • ½ cup flour
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 4 Tbsp butter divided
  • ¼ # Pancetta or bacon diced
  • 8-12 oz mushrooms; cremini or baby bellas, cleaned and sliced
  • 2-4 shallots or 1 small red onion diced (~1 cup total)
  • 2-4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1.5 cup of Marsala cooking wine
  • 1.5 cup chicken broth
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ Tbsp corn starch optional
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2-3 Tbsp fresh parsley or chives for garnish
  • Serve over rice or pasta

Instructions
 

  • Slice the thinner tail of the breasts off, and then cut the thicker portion in half the long flat way, if some are still thicker, pound them to a uniform thickness, ¼ - ½“. Add kosher salt and pepper to taster.
  • Put the flour onto a pie plate and add some salt and fresh cracked pepper.
  • Dredge the chicken cutlets in the flour; set aside on parchment paper on a plate or sheet pan.
  • Heat your pan with medium high heat, and add 2 Tbsp of olive oil and 2 Tbsp butter.
  • Once the butter is melted, put the heat on medium and brown the chicken cutlets, 4-5 minutes on the first side and 2 minutes on the second. Don’t overcrowd the pan to ensure good browning. Set the cutlets aside on a plate and keep warm.
  • Add the pancetta to brown it and render the fat out.
  • Add the mushrooms and cook until browned.
  • Push the mushrooms to one side and then add the shallots and garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes. Then mix them all together.
  • Add the wine to de-glaze the pan and cook for a couple of minutes to drive the alcohol off – if you’re feeling fancy, you can gently tip the pan and flambe’ the wine.
  • Add the chicken broth and lemon juice to the pan and cook until reduced by half.
  • Add the thyme and mix through.
  • Add the remaining butter to the pan to finish the sauce, allow to melt and stir through.
  • Add the heavy cream, mix through and cook until thickened. You can mix the corn starch into the cream first if you want the sauce thicker.
  • Add the chicken cutlets back to the pan and nestle into the sauce. Cook until heated through, ~5 minutes.
  • Serve over rice or pasta, and garnish with chopped parsley or chives.