Description
Barefoot Contessa chicken marsala delivers classic Italian-American comfort with tender chicken and rich mushroom sauce. Hearty flavors and simple ingredients combine for a restaurant-quality meal you can easily prepare at home.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
- 125 g (4.4 oz) all-purpose flour
- 280 g (9.9 oz) mushrooms, sliced (baby bellas or cremini)
- 240 ml (8.1 fl oz) Marsala wine
- 300 ml (10.1 fl oz) chicken stock or broth
- 60 ml (2 fl oz) extra-virgin olive oil
- 30 g (1.1 oz) butter (or vegan butter)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cup (15 g) parsley, fresh and chopped
- 2 tsps cornstarch (optional)
- ½ tsp dried rosemary
- Salt, to taste
- Black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
- Thyme, fresh sprigs
Instructions
- Preparation: Cushion chicken breasts between protective layers, delicately tenderizing to a uniform 1/4-inch thickness. Bifurcate each breast into cutlets and season comprehensively with salt and pepper.
- Coating: Construct a fragrant dredging station using flour and rosemary. Meticulously coat chicken cutlets, ensuring thorough but light coverage by shaking off surplus flour.
- Searing: Ignite olive oil in a capacious skillet over robust heat. Execute golden-brown chicken cutlets through strategic batch cooking, allocating 3-5 minutes per side. Transfer cooked pieces to a warming zone preset at 90 degrees Celsius, maintaining optimal temperature.
- Mushroom Infusion: Utilize identical skillet without cleansing. Introduce thyme and mushrooms, conducting a swift sauté. Deglaze with chicken stock, extracting caramelized remnants and developing profound flavor foundations. Incorporate garlic and continue aromatic development.
- Sauce Construction: Stream Marsala wine and additional chicken stock, allowing liquid to harmonize through gentle simmering. Integrate cornstarch slurry to achieve luxurious sauce viscosity, stirring consistently until smooth and refined.
- Finishing: Enrich sauce with butter, creating silken texture. Reunite chicken with sauce, ensuring complete coating. Garnish generously with parsley and serve immediately alongside complementary accompaniments like mashed potatoes or steamed rice.
Notes
- Tenderize with Care: Gently pound chicken to 1/4-inch thickness to ensure even cooking and tender texture without tearing the meat.
- Flour Coating Technique: Shake off excess flour to prevent burning and achieve a light, crispy golden-brown exterior during cooking.
- Pan Management: Keep the same skillet for building layered flavors by deglazing with stock and capturing delicious browned bits from chicken.
- Sauce Consistency Pro: Whisk cornstarch smoothly with cold water to prevent lumps and create a silky, perfectly thickened Marsala sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 690
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 45 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 30 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 47 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 37 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg