Fabulous Chicken Marsala

ingredients

For the pan-fried chicken:

1-1/2 lb. chicken breasts

salt & pepper

1/2 c. flour

vegetable oil

Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper, coat with flour, and pan-fry in a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil over medium heat. (If chicken breasts are thick, slice in half or pound out before frying.) Allow cooked chicken to drain on paper towels. Reserve drippings for sauce.

For the marsala sauce:

3-4 strips of bacon, chopped

8 oz. white button mushrooms, sliced

1 clove garlic, minced

1 T. tomato paste

1-1/4 c. Marsala wine

1/2 c. chicken stock

4 t. lemon juice***

4 T. butter

salt & pepper

instructions

To drippings leftover from chicken breasts, add your chopped bacon. Fry until crispy and remove--drain on paper towels. Toss in sliced mushrooms. Saute until soft and golden over medium heat. Drain off any excess oil, especially if there is a lot (I prefer blotting with paper towels). Add in garlic, continue sauteing until golden. Add tomato paste to sauteed mushrooms, and stir to dissolve paste and coat all of the mushrooms. Allow the tomato paste to brown a little bit (~1-2 minutes), then deglaze the pan with marsala wine. Over medium-high heat, allow the sauce to come to a simmer and begin reducing. Add in chicken broth. Continue simmering and reducing. After a couple of minutes, once sauce has reduced and is no longer a thin liquid, cut heat to low and stir in lemon juice and butter. Add crisped bacon. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Return chicken breasts to pan. Turn to coat with sauce. Best served with egg noodles.

***The original recipe called for lemon juice. Although I did add it, it seemed pointless. I think the tomato paste provided enough acidity, and the lemon flavor was also masked by the wine, for the most part. If you don't have lemon juice on hand, then I would consider skipping it altogether.

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