Theory of Mind: Chicken Marsala

May 23, 2019

For dinner we made Chicken Marsala. This Italian-styled dish can easily feed a large group of people with leftovers to spare. In addition, the ingredients were obtained from the Fresh Market but these ingredients could be found in other stores as well. Overall, we loved making this dish. Bring a piece of Italy home with you with our Chicken Marsala! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 2-3 cloves of garlic (minced)
  • 2 chicken breast
  • ½ of a Vidalia onion
  • 2 Tbsp of oregano
  • 2 Tbsp of thyme
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 pinches of black pepper
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 8 oz of sliced mushrooms
  • ¼ cup of Heavy cream
  • ¼ cup of Marsala cooking wine
  • ½ cup of Beef broth
  • 2 tsp Balsamic vinegar
  • 16 oz of angel hair pasta

 

      Steps:

  1. Mince up 2-3 cloves of garlic. Also, cut a half of a Vidalia onion.
  2. Cut the chicken breast in strips about 1 inch of thickness
  3. Prepare the flour mixture for chicken: Mix 2 cups of flour, 2 Tbsp of oregano, 2 Tbsp of thyme, 2 pinches of thyme, and 1 pinch of salt.
  4. Pre-heat skillet to medium heat with a tbsp of olive oil.
  5. Coat chicken in flour mixture. Proceed to place chicken upon skillet and cook until the chicken turns semi golden brown.
  6. Flip the chicken and continue the same process on the other side.
  7. Place the chicken on a separate plate.
  8. Place the onion, garlic, and mushrooms upon the skillet on medium heat. Add 2 tsp of balsamic vinegar into the vegetable mixture.
  9. Combine the chicken with the vegetable mix in the skillet on medium heat. Add ¼ cup of Marsala cooking wine, ½ cup of beef broth and ¼ of a cup of heavy cream into the skillet as well. Proceed to cook until the vegetables are caramelized and when the chicken turns golden brown.
  10. Optional: add more of the spices into the marsala sauce previously used for the flour mixture until it is good for your flavor preferences
  11. On the side, prepare a large pot to a rapid boil on medium/high heat. Add the whole package of angel hair pasta to the boiling water. Boil for 8-9 min until al dente.
  12. Place the chicken and vegetables upon the bed of pasta as the final result.

Presentation:

Taste: 8

The sauce itself was good. When we poured the sauce over the pasta it lost it’s flavor. For the future, we would mix the pasta in with the sauce to give it a more unified flavor front.

Mouth: 10

Everything was superb. The texture of all the ingredients were all just right where they needed to be.

Smell: 10

Smelled amazing

Visual Appeal: 6

Could have looked better. It also could have used some color as well.

Creativity: 4

It is very common dish. We did add red peppers to make it more spicy, (some added sriracha).

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