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When you're in a hurry to prepare a meal, it doesn't mean that you have to compromise the quality of the food that you are going to eat. There are always simple dishes that you can prepare in under an hour that are simply sumptuous. Here is a simple and delicious dish that will not take too much of your time to cook.
An Italian dish made from Marsala wine, chicken cutlets and mushrooms, chicken marsala is a recipe that anyone can make but not everyone can cook it flawlessly. If you are planning to serve this dish for your next meal, here are some suggestions that you could carry out.
1. Choose the ingredients well.
To have a delicious meal, you need to have the right ingredients. For chicken marsala, it is important for you to choose the right mushrooms and the right Marsala wine. There is a variety of choices when you buy Marsala wine since there are sweet and dry ones. What you choose will depend on your taste but it is recommended that you try tasting each of them until you find the one that you like best. As for the mushrooms, you can always choose what you like but it is recommended that you look for the ones that have tightly closed caps and no gills are shown.
2. Brine the chicken cuts instead of coating them with flour.
You might have noticed when preparing chicken marsala that when you coat the chicken cutlets with flour, it's not as easy as it looks. If you use too much flour, these will be chunked off when you are cooking. On the other hand, when you use too little, it does not serve the purpose of flouring. So what you do then is to skip the flouring and instead brine the chicken cuts. What you do is to soak the cutlets in 4 cups of water mixed with 4 tablespoons of salt for an hour. Afterwards, you have to rinse them so that they will not be too salty. This method allows for more flavorful meat since the salt is absorbed.
3. Cook the chicken well but do not burn it.
When preparing chicken marsala, you have to make sure that the meat is thoroughly cooked but not overly done. Chicken burns easily so you have to be watchful when you are cooking. How will you know then if the cutlets are already cooked? You have to watch it and press on it every once in a while and if you are aware of how tender chicken cutlets should be, you will already know it. Another method is to cut in the thickest part of the meat and observing the color of the liquid that comes out. When the liquid is clear with no color tints, it is already done.
Preparing chicken marsala is definitely easy but to cook it savory and flavorful is not that easily accomplished. When you keep these simple tips in mind, this dish will definitely be perfect the next time that you are going to serve it.
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