Elegant and Easy Chicken Marsala
Chicken Marsala is elegant and delicious. It's also really easy to make. A rich sauce of wine and mushrooms enrobes a chicken breast that's been seasoned, browned, then braised in the sauce. I've included recipes, links, and a video to help you make the best Chicken Marsala ever.
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What is Chicken Marsala?
Chicken Marsala is an elegant, but easy-to-prepare dish of chicken breasts browned, then braised in the wonderful rich sauce of chicken stock, marsala wine, mushrooms, and shallots. There are a lot of variations on this basic recipe, but they all contain these ingredients.
The marsala sauce is reduced to a syrup-consistency for serving. For a creamy chicken marsala, cream or half-and-half is added to the sauce just before serving.
I've included several recipes here for Chicken Marsala, both creamy and not. You've got to taste this to believe how incredibly rich and delicious such a simple dish can be.
I highly recommend the video below that takes you step-by-step through the process. It also has a couple of wonderful ideas for presentation.
The marsala sauce is reduced to a syrup-consistency for serving. For a creamy chicken marsala, cream or half-and-half is added to the sauce just before serving.
I've included several recipes here for Chicken Marsala, both creamy and not. You've got to taste this to believe how incredibly rich and delicious such a simple dish can be.
I highly recommend the video below that takes you step-by-step through the process. It also has a couple of wonderful ideas for presentation.
The Recipe for Chicken Marsala
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1/4 cup all-purpose flour for coating1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded 1/4 inch thick
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup Marsala wine
1/4 cup cooking sherry
1. In a shallow dish or bowl, mix together the flour, salt, pepper and oregano. Coat chicken pieces in flour mixture.
2. In a large skillet, melt butter in oil over medium heat. Place chicken in the pan, and lightly brown. Turn over chicken pieces, and add mushrooms. Pour in wine and sherry. Cover skillet; simmer chicken 10 minutes, turning once, until no longer pink and juices run clear.
Recipe for Chicken Marsala with Creamy Sauce
Pretty similar. Just stir in cream at the end.
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4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves1/4 cup chopped green onion
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/3 cup Marsala wine
salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/8 cup milk
1. Saute chicken in a large skillet for 15 to 20 minutes, or until cooked through and juices run clear.
2. Add green onion and mushrooms and saute until soft, then add Marsala wine and bring to a boil.
3. Boil for 2 to 4 minutes, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in cream and milk and simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes.
A Few More Chicken Marsala Recipes
Each one is a little different.
- Chicken Marsala Recipe at Epicurious.com
- Adds cream and lemon juice to the sauce.
- Chicken Marsala Recipe by Tyler Florence
- Tosses in a little prosciutto.
- Chicken Marsala Recipe from Cooking for Engineers
- With the most detailed instructions you will ever see. Really.
- Chicken Marsala Recipe from Olive Garden
- From the Olivegarden.com website.
- Chicken Marsala Recipe Originally from America's Test Kitchen
- Uses a dab of tomato paste in the sauce.
What is Marsala?
Marsala is a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. Marsala wine first received Denominazione di origine controllata, or DOC, status in 1969.
While the city's natives sometimes drink "vintage" Marsala, the wine produced for export is universally a fortified wine similar to Port. Originally, Marsala wine was fortified with alcohol to ensure that it would last long ocean voyages, but now it is made that way because of its popularity in foreign markets.
Chef John from Food Wishes
This is the best explanation of chicken marsala I've ever seen!
Chef John takes you through the process step-by-step. This is a terrific teaching video. I encourage you to visit Chef John at Food Wishes
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to use regular marsala and not sweet marsala in this recipe.
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- mosaic mosaic Nov 8, 2009 @ 9:10 am
- Wow. That looks really yummy. I've added this lens to my link plexo on my new lens on pepper grinders.
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- mbgphoto mbgphoto Oct 24, 2009 @ 9:25 am
- Wow this looks really good. Love the photo you used! I must try this.
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- Eddy Eddy Oct 21, 2009 @ 9:59 am
- out of this world delicious!
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- tan lee tan lee Aug 19, 2009 @ 9:08 am
- nice chicken masala recipe .i am looking for somthing new .by the way visit my site
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- GCasking GCasking May 26, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
- Can chicken Marsala be made ahead of time for company?
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- HenryE HenryE May 15, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
- Looks delicious!
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- Rewards4life Rewards4life Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:27 am
- I love Chicken Masala but I've never made it at home. Now I know how to prepare it! Also, I would like to invite You to join our project http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo_recipes_cookbook and add this great recipe (or any other favorite recipe if you want)! Have fun and see you there =)
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- katlupe katlupe Mar 24, 2009 @ 11:07 am
- Sounds good. I used to make this alot, but now I want to try the creamy version. Thanks.
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- ElizabethT ElizabethT Feb 28, 2009 @ 1:33 am
- I love chicken Marsala but never attempted to make it. Thank you for the recipes, I just may try making it this weekend!
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- Marsala Mia Marsala Mia Jan 26, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
- I live in Marsala, Italy, and recently wrote an article about Marsala wine and Chicken Marsala, including a recipe, on my blog http://marsalamia.wordpress.com. BTW...not all recipes have chicken stock, as your write in the 'What is Chicken Marsala' section. The ones here in Sicily do not.
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