Mom's Chicken Marsala

This is one of my favorite meals my mom would make growing up, makes sense considering it was full of red wine :)  

What you'll need

2 Chicken Breasts

1 cup flour

1 clove crushed garlic

3-4 cups favorite red wine (I used Shiraz)

lotsss of mushrooms

1 box thin spaghetti

Parmesan cheese

Olive oil

Salt and Pepper

Marsala wine is known for its sweet taste, personally I like this dish with the same red wine I would drink in a glass so I went with the Shiraz. This is a meal that is definitely for a red wine lover...

Get your water boiling for your pasta, in another pan start cooking your mushrooms, remember, no oil, no salt, no nothing, just a pan and mushrooms. Let the mushrooms sweat out the water for about 15 mins on medium high heat stirring often. Drain the mushrooms and set them aside.  

Slice the 2 chicken breasts in half making it into 4 thin chicken breasts and cover the chicken breasts with flour.  Put the chicken breasts into a heated pan (medium high, closer to high) with olive oil, I like to lightly salt and pepper the chicken at this point too. Cook them for about 3-5 mins on each side, you will want to cook them about 75% through, you will cook them completely through with the wine.  

Once the chicken looks mostly cooked, remove from pan and add in your red wine and crushed garlic. Let wine reduce for about 5-10 mins, this lightens the tart taste of the wine and just gets really good.  Add your chicken and mushrooms back in and simmer for about 15 mins. Flip over the chicken and stir the pan often.

Drain your pasta, add olive oil, salt and pepper and Parmesan cheese to taste.

Generously pour the red wine sauce over the pasta and serve the chicken and mushrooms all over it.

Dinner and Drinks in one plate :)