Chicken Marsala
Easy chicken Marsala recipe with sliced white mushrooms, green onion and few spices that you have in your kitchen. This creamy chicken Marsala can be served with pasta or mashed potatoes.
If you thought this dinner is difficult to make, think twice. It is very easy to prepare, it requires only 45 minutes to make from scratch with few ingredients and it tastes amazing. Great for parties with guests, holidays or just weeknight dinner.
Easy Chicken Marsala Recipe
Texture: tender, juicy.
Taste: savory, meaty.
Simplicity: easy one-pot recipe, cook chicken first, remove the chicken from the pan and the make sauce.
Meal Type: dinner.
How to make Chicken Marsala
- (Check exact recipe below). Prepare ingredients: chicken breast, oil, flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, butter, sliced mushrooms, green onion, Marsala wine, chicken broth and heavy cream.
- In a medium bowl combine flour with salt, garlic powder and onion powder. Dip each chicken into the flour mixture, shake the excess.
- Heat oil in frying pan and cook chicken until brownish, remove the chicken from pan.
- Make sauce by cooking butter, mushrooms and green onion for few minutes. Add flour, salt and garlic powder, cook it.
- Add wine and chicken broth, cook until thickens, add chicken, cook for about 5-9 minutes, add heavy cream.
Tips to make creamy Chicken Marsala
- You should cut chicken into halves, so the chicken will cook faster.
- If you don’t want to add Marsala, you can use another dry wine or you can substitute with extra chicken broth. Try my chicken broth recipe or chicken stock.
- If your sauce will become to thick add few tablespoons of extra chicken broth.
- Add more heavy cream if you wish the sauce to be even more creamy.
Faq’s
What kind of Marsala wine is best for chicken marsala? Marsala wine has a deep flavor, you can find sweet and dry wine. I used dry version of the wine in my savory recipe but I found few other recipes that use sweet wine as well for the same dish.
What can be used instead of Marsala? You can use any other dry wine, water or any type of broth including chicken, beef or vegetable. If you use water, you might increase a little salt, season more if it’s necessary.
What to serve with Chicken Marsala
Chicken Marsala with mushrooms taste amazing with pasta, you can use any type: spaghetti, fettuccine, fussili etc. You can also serve this meal with mashed potatoes or rice. Also, this dish will taste great with other grains like barley, buckwheat or quinoa. Add some salads like Quick Dill Creamy Cucumber Salad or Corn Kale Salad and you will have a complete meal.
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Chicken Marsala
Ingredients
Chicken
- 2 chicken breasts cut into halves
- 4 Tbsp. oil
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
Sauce
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 3 cups mushrooms sliced
- 4 Tbsp. green onion chopped
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup marsala wine
- 1 Tbsp. heavy cream
Instructions
Chicken
- Prepare chicken breast, heat oil in a large frying pan.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, garlic powder, onion powder and salt, mix it. Dip each chicken pieces into the flour mixture, shake excess flour. Keep remaining flour, we will need it to make the sauce.
- Place chicken on the frying pan, cook on medium heat for 2-4 minutes on each side until brownish. Remove from the pan.
Sauce
- Melt butter in the same frying pan, add sliced mushrooms and green onion, cook on medium heat for 4-5 minutes, mixing often.
- Add 2 tablespoons of flour that we reserved (discard the rest), salt and garlic powder, mix it, cook it for 30 seconds, up to 1 minute on low heat mixing all the time.
- Add chicken broth and Marsala wine, cook it covered on low heat for about 2 minutes until thickens.
- Add chicken, cook covered on low heat for 5-9 minutes, until chicken will cook through.
- Add heavy cream, whisk the sauce.
Notes
- You should cut chicken into halves, so the chicken will cook faster.
- If you don't want to add Marsala, you can use another dry wine or you can substitute with extra chicken broth. Try my chicken broth recipe or chicken stock.
- If your sauce will become to thick add few tablespoons of extra chicken broth.
- Add more heavy cream if you wish the sauce to be even more creamy.
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