Recipes Dinner Poultry Dishes Chicken Main Course Chicken Marsala 3.0 (2) 2 Reviews This Italian dish prepared with chicken cutlets, mushrooms and Marsala wine belongs on your table. By Evi Abeler Evi Abeler Evi Abeler is a New York City-based photographer and table-top director focusing on food & drink, still life, and lifestyle images. Evi's work showcases passion and flavor in every project. Her images focus on the natural beauty of food and objects, highlighting their inherent colors, textures, and craftsmanship.Expertise: food and drink photography, still life photography lifestyle photography.Experience: Growing up in rural Germany, Evi Abeler lived a farm-to-table experience. Her grandmother would wash muddy carrots, pluck feathers from freshly slaughtered chickens, and cook the game that her grandfather, an avid hunter, brought home. The rich smells from the stove are still a lovely memory for Evi. The gift of a camera at an early age sparked a new passion, which she explored further in high school, and which eventually brought her to New York City to earn a master's in fine art photography. Evi opened her own photography studio in 2010.Evi has worked with About.com, BakeSpaceTV, Brooklyn Foodworks, Food+Enterprise Conference, Freelancers' Union, Foodstand, Harlem Garage, Hot Bread Kitchen, In Good Company, Photoville, and more. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on December 28, 2022 Rate PRINT Share Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling by Amelia Rampe Total Time: 30 mins Yield: 4 Chicken Marsala has roots in Marsala, Sicily. The dish features thinly sliced chicken, Marsala wine, and mushrooms. It’s an easy dish that comes together in less than an hour, making it an elegant addition to your weeknight repertoire. It is said that this dish originated when Marie Antoinette’s sister, Queen Maria Carolina of Sicily and Naples, visited Sicily and brought along French chefs, because she felt the cuisine of the region was not good enough for her court. Her chefs combined the French technique of using butter and shallots to create a pan sauce with the local wine to create Chicken Marsala. RELATED: Why You Should Drink Marsala, Not Just Cook with It How to Make Chicken Marsala Just a few ingredients come together to prepare this dish. Start by cooking cremini mushrooms in butter until the mushrooms release their liquids and become golden and tender. Then, lightly coat thinly-sliced chicken breasts in seasoned all-purpose flour — the flour helps the chicken brown while it cooks — and sear the chicken in a skillet with olive oil. Next, build the sauce by cooking chopped shallots with Marsala wine. Be sure to scrape up any fond (the browned bits) left in the skillet to help build the flavor of the sauce. Chicken stock and fresh rosemary complete the sauce and give it a lovely herbaceous flavor. Thicken the sauce with butter, then return the chicken to the rich wine sauce. What to Serve With Chicken Marsala The simplicity of Chicken Marsala means it pairs well with light pasta dishes. Try serving it alongside Creamy Lemon Pasta, Cacio e Pepe, or this Pasta with Pumpkin Browned Butter Sauce. Complete the meal with a bright, fresh Italian-style Salad. RELATED: The Best Pasta Cookbooks for Home Cooks, Recommended by the Pros Ingredients 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 cups sliced cremini mushrooms 4 six-ounce thinly sliced boneless chicken breasts 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup finely chopped shallots 3/4 cup Marsala wine 1 cup chicken stock 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary Directions Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook until they are golden brown on the edges. Remove mushrooms from skillet and set aside. Mix salt, pepper and flour. Dredge chicken breast in flour, shaking off any excess flour. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium. When oil is hot but not smoking, add dredged chicken breasts and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes per side. Remove cutlets from skillet and set aside. Add chopped shallots to skillet and cook until transparent, about 30 seconds. Add Marsala to skillet and reduce until just a small amount is left to coat the bottom of the pan, 3 to 4 minutes. Add stock and rosemary to skillet and reduce sauce by half, about 5 minutes. Whisk the remaining tablespoon of butter into sauce and add mushrooms. Return chicken cutlets and coat them with the sauce. Continue cooking over low flame until sauce is thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Rate It Print