Chicken and Mushroom Marsala Cream Pasta
Ingredients
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2 chicken breasts, cut up into decent bite-sized pieces
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1-2 TBSP butter
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2 shallot bulbs sliced thin (julienne)
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3-4 cloves fresh minced garlic
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10-12 oz sliced mushrooms (cremini with optional mix of porcini/shitake)
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fresh chopped parsley
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1/4 cup marsala wine
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2 cups heavy whipping cream
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fetuccine/linguine/penne pasta (3 servings)
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fresh grated parmesean cheese (top pasta when plating)
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salt/pepper to taste
Directions
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heat large pot of water; salt heavily when boiling
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season chicken pieces with salt/pepper
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in a large skillet, add 1 tbsp butter on medium heat and cook chicken (about 90% done. it will -finish cooking in sauce); remove chicken set aside
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add shallots and garlic to the pan (add more butter if needed)
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add mushrooms to shallots/garlic
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when mushrooms have cooked down with no more liquid, add marsala and reduce by half (5 min)
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add pasta to water at the same time you add the marsala to the mushroom mixture
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add heavy cream and most of the parsley; simmer until cream starts to thicken
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when pasta is 1 min out from being fully cooked, add pasta directly to mushroom cream mixture to finish cooking
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addsalt/pepper to taste and chicken to mixture to finish cooking (1 min)
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plate pasta; top with fresh parmesean and remaining parsley