Healthy and Easy Chicken Marsala...A One Pan Meal

Recipe Description

An easy and healthy chicken marsala is just 20 minutes away! This classic Italian favorite is full of mushrooms and sweet marsala wine and is sure to please all the mushroom lovers in the house!
Being the good girlfriend that I was, I always brought home a nice order of the chicken marsala to hubby (then just a boyfriend) and watched him lick the plate clean. He always gave me the side of penne with marinara that came with it, while he searched for some crusty bread to mop the sauce off the plate.

Years later, after we had moved in together I vowed to recreate the marsala for him. It took me a couple of tries and after a couple of different recipe variations, I finally got it juuuuuust right.

It’s super simple yet getting the right proportions down is the key. I also simplified this recipe a great deal. Which in turn led to a much stronger depth of flavor and less calories. Here are a few differences that I have done to add flavor and eliminate the fat.

1. I no longer dredge the chicken in flower. I just find it’s unnecessary. Yes technically it does give the chicken a bit more chewy texture and flavor, but I get along without it just fine. Plus this also mean I get to skip a step and a dish.

2. I reduce my sauce TWICE. Yes twice. I first add some marsala wine to the pan when I add the shallots and the mushrooms and let it simmer. Why? Because then the mushrooms soak up all that glorious wine. Once the shrooms look how I want them to look I add the second shot of wine along with the chicken broth and then we add our chicken in.

3. The sauce CAN BE finished off simply with a touch of half and half that makes everything feel fine. I have made it without it many times, and it is just as good, I promise.

When I served it to the hubby, he gobbled up every last fungus off his plate and I felt mighty fine for cooking up a restaurant meal for half the price, plus left overs. Dinner well done.