Chicken Marsala
An Italian-American restaurant classic — thin chicken escalopes, floured and browned, then finished in a glossy pan sauce of Marsala wine, mushrooms and stock, rounded off with butter.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 600 g skinless chicken breasts
- 50 g plain flour, for dusting
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 40 g butter
- 250 g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 150 ml dry Marsala
- 150 ml chicken stock
- 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 2302 kcal · P 244.8g · C 67.2g · F 113.3g
Estimated from 10 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Halve each breast horizontally and pound the pieces between sheets of cling film to an even 1 cm. Season with salt and pepper and dust in the flour, shaking off the excess.
- 2Heat 2 tbsp of the oil and 10 g of the butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and fry the chicken for 3 minutes per side, until golden and just cooked. Keep warm on a plate.
- 3Add the remaining oil and the mushrooms and fry over high heat for 5 minutes, until browned and their liquid has gone.
- 4Lower the heat, add the shallot and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- 5Pour in the Marsala, scraping up the browned bits, and boil for 2 minutes, then add the stock and reduce by about half, 4–5 minutes.
- 6Off the heat, swirl in the remaining cold butter until the sauce turns glossy.
- 7Return the chicken and its juices, spoon the sauce over, scatter with the parsley and serve.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken Marsala take to make?
About 30 minutes: 10 min prep and 20 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken Marsala?
12 ingredients: skinless chicken breasts, plain flour, olive oil, butter, chestnut mushrooms, shallot, garlic clove, dry Marsala, chicken stock, flat-leaf parsley, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Chicken Marsala recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Marsala?
About 576 kcal, with 61.2 g protein, 16.8 g carbohydrate and 28.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Chicken Marsala?
Chicken Marsala comes from American cuisine.
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