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Pollo Marsala (Chicken
Marsala)
INGREDIENTS
Thin Chicken Cutlets
(about 2-3 thin ones
per serving)
Flour, salt, pepper
Butter
Mushrooms
Marsala Wine
Olive oil
Marsala is a Sicilian white wine which adds great
flavor to many foods and recipes. One of the best known recipes is
Veal Marsala, but we at SicilianCulture.com have decided to ban the use of
veal due to the inhumane ways in which baby calfs are raised. While
come chicken is raised with steroid injections as well, organic chicken will
do just fine by us, in fact, better.
To make this dish, simply take the chicken cutlets
(if they are thick, pound them flatter) and coat them with the a mixture
of salt, pepper and flour. Put a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and
make sure it is hot but not burning (medium heat). Add the cutlets
and fry for a minute or two on each side. Make sure they are brown
and remove them from the pan and put on a plate with a clean paper towel
underneath to absorbe the excess grease. Drain the excess grease from
the fry pan but do not discard the brownish flakes and particles that came
from the cutlets. Add butter, marsala wine (less than a few ounces
each) and the sliced mushrooms. Let this cook for several minutes until
the sauce thickens, not too thick, but like a thin syrup. Add the cutlets
and make sure they absorb the flavor of the marsala sauce. Serve and
pour the sauce over the cutlets. A good side dish for this is
fettucine alfredo.
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