Showing posts with label Chicken Marsala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicken Marsala. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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