Chicken Marsala-What To Do with Leftover Marsala Wine!

We had bought the Marsala wine for my  My Husband's Birthday Dinner, We certainly couldn't just let the rest of Marsala wine stay in the wine rack, now could we?  Of course, you make the well known Chicken Marsala.We had made it once before, but couldn't find the exact recipe. So my Husband found Emeril's recipe for Chicken Marsala, which we adapted.  We would use more wine and a touch of tomato paste, if we were making this recipe again.The sauce was good, but there wasn't enough of it. My Husband won't change a recipe the first time that he makes it, except we didn't have any chives, so used parsley.  We also used the Cremini mushrooms, Baby Bellas, which are so flavorful. We served this over Linguine, or you could use noodles, also.because this recipe was from Emeril. there is a little"kick" to it, but you could eliminate it you wish.

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Chicken Marsala-adapted from Emeril Lagasse-FoodNetwork

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon Essence (  recipe to follow)
• 2 (6 to 8-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut in halves and pounded thin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 cups sliced mushrooms (cremini, oyster, shiitake)
• 3/4 cup Marsala
• 1 cup chicken stock
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Chopped chives, for garnish, we used Italian Parsley

***TIP** You can use a heavy bottomed pan to pound the chicken breasts between two pieces of parchment or waxed paper. this pan method works well if you don't have a tool for that

What To Do

1. On a plate  or on a bowl, mix flour and Essence. Dredge the pounded thin chicken breasts in flour.
2.Heat oil in a skillet over medium high heat until  hot.  Add 1 Tbsp. of butter and saute the breasts until they are a golden brown, which is about 3 min, per side.
3. Put the chicken breasts on a plate and set aside.
4. Add 1 Tbsp of the butter to pan and add the mushrooms.  Cook the mushrooms until they are brown   around  the edges, and have given off their liquid.
5. Add the Marsala wine and de-glaze the pan, scraping the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Cookuntil the wine has reduced by half, and the add chicken stock, and cook until the sauce is partially thickened.
6. Lower heat to medium and return chicken breasts to pan, and cook until they are cooked through and the sauce is thickened.  Add additional butter and stir.Optional) if you want lower fat., salt and pepper to taste.
7. Garnish with chopped chives, but we used Italian Parsley.
8. Serve over pasta, noodles or rice.

Essence Recipe from Emeril 

• 2 1/2 tbsp. Paprika-(We used Smokey Sweet)
• 2 Tbsp. salt- You can use less, if you want lower sodium
• 2 Tbsp. garlic powder
• 1 Tbsp black pepper
• 1tbsp. onion powder
• 1tbsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 tbsp dried oregano
• 1tbsp dried thyme

Combine all ingredients until well mixed and place in an airtight jar or container.  Makes 2/3 cup

My husband had made this previously for another recipe, so we had it on hand.  If you like a little "kick" in you food, add the spice mixture, but personally, I would leave it out next time, but my husband would add it.