Lisa's Chicken Ooopsala

Yesterday hubby decided to put together a bike so I decided to try making dinner.  I knew I had chicken and mushrooms and carrots.  So I started flipping through my handy dandy cookbook, "Favorite Brand Names Best-Loved Recipes".  I bought it for $3 at Half Priced Books!  This is the cover if you wondering:

There was a recipe for "Chicken Bistro" and another one for "Chicken Marsala".  I didn't have some of the ingredients for one and the other so I combined them!  Hence the name "Ooopsala".

I'm terrible with meat cooking in general, I have to have hubby check to see if it's done most of the time.  I was in one of those rare moods and really wanted to make him something yummy so I figured I would suck it up and use my 'women's intuition' to figure it out myself. Keep in mind that at 6 months pregnant my women's intuition has turned into preggo brain and I get distracted / stressed out easily!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts filleted in half

1 tbls butter

1 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup sliced carrots

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

4 large peeled cloves of garlic, cut in half

2 x 1/3 cup chicken broth (1/3 extra if you need it)

1/3 cup Marsala cooking wine (or leftover red wine)

• Sprinkle seasonings onto one side of the chicken. 
• Melt butter in large skillet on medium high heat.
• Place chicken seasonings side down and cook for 5 minutes.  Do not turn over.
• After 5 minutes turn over the chicken
• Place mushrooms, carrots, garlic, 1/3 chicken broth and wine in pan (add the extra 1/3 cup chicken broth if you desire)
• Bring to a boil then simmer for 15-20 minutes until the chicken is done
  •    If the chicken is cooked all the way through but the carrots are not, remove chicken, keep warm, continue simmering vegetables.
• Serve over rice or pasta

Only about 350 each serving too. 

It just won't turn upside down!  Pretty yummy though!

Hubby's plate.  He must have hated it huh?

Next time: Finally roast those pumpkin seeds?

What's your favorite cookbook?

XOXO
-Lisa