Chicken Marsala Without The Mess!

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 cup marsala (dry, not sweet. sometimes i use half wine)
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breast tenders
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 start by making marsala sauce. heat butter in saute pan; add mushrooms, garlic and shallot. saute 5 minutes until mushrooms are done.
• 2 stir marsala into mushrooms and stir up any browned bits; simmer and reduce marsala by half.
• 3 separately, whisk cornstarch into a bit of the chicken broth until smooth; add remaining chicken broth. pour this into reduced marsala and bring to boil; simmer 2-3 minutes to thicken sauce. turn off heat and cover pan.
• 4 meanwhile, preheat grill to high heat.
• 5 toss raw chicken tenders with olive oil, salt and pepper (note: if you are using regular size chicken breasts, cut them in half to make two long portions). place chicken on hot grill and cook only 1-2 minutes each side.
• 6 place grilled chicken into marsala-mushroom sauce. allow to simmer several minutes until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thickened.
• 7 **if you are making this meal for company, feel free to make ahead to this point. then right before serving time, reheat it while you cook the pasta.
• 8 serve chicken over cooked pasta; garnish with parsley.