Thursday, January 8, 2009

Mary's to Kill for Chicken Marsala

By Daniel Z. Kane

I am not a big chicken fan. I don't care if I never see another piece of baked or fried chicken. Chicken marsala, however, is a very different story. I love it.

But, it has been ten years since I've ordered it in a restaurant. For ten tears before that, I tried and tried, but I was unable to find a restaurant with chicken marsala that made me happy.

The reason is simple. Mary, my wife of more than thirty years, makes the best chicken marsala on earth. I'm not kidding.

Here is Mary's recipe.

Flatten boneless chicken breasts with a kitchen mallet and cut each breast into 5-6 pieces.

Dredge the chicken pieces in flour, and saute them, using an entire stick of butter. Add mushroom slices. After cooking for a few minutes, pour in about 3/4 of a cup of Marsala wine and cook until the chicken approaches a golden brown color.

Serve over rice, pouring the remaining butter-marsala mixture on the chicken and rice.

Enjoy. - 15359

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