Creamy flavorful chicken marsala, served up with an elegant quick and easy to prepare mushroom sauce for dinner.
This is a great date night, one pan skillet, low-carb/keto chicken recipe! (yep all that)
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This creamy chicken marsala with mushrooms was inspired by the olive garden dish.
So, in a way, it's a copycat recipe, but I wanted to stay true to the classic Italian version, making this the best chicken marsala in my humble opinion.
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What is chicken marsala?
Chicken Marsala is an Italian chicken dish that comes with a marsala wine gravy.
The authentic Italian dish is various chicken scallopini, which uses a thinly sliced flour-coated boneless chicken breast.
The Italian-American chicken marsala can be prepared with chicken tighs too and is frequently served over pasta.
Chicken Marsala shouldn't be confused with Chicken Masala. The latter is an Indian curry dish.
What is marsala wine?
Marsala Wine comes from a place called Marsala in Sicily, Italy.
The wine can have a deep and strong aroma, with acidic and/ or very sweet notes.
You can get white or red marsala wines but the red one is more common.
The best wine is a dry marsala wine when making this dish. A sweet one will set the flavors off.
How to make it?
Step 1
Cut chicken breast into two slices and coat with seasoned flour blend.
Heat up a pan with oils and cook chicken on all sides. Keep aside.
Step 2
Build the sauce in the same pan by sautéing the garlic and mushroom slices.
Pour in marsala wine, stock and cream to thicken your mushroom gravy.
Step 3
Take chicken back to the pan and place into sauce.
Cover chicken with sauce and mushrooms and garnish with chopped parsley.
📖 Recipe
Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- 2 Chicken Breast
- ¼ Cup All-purpose Flour
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning or Oregano
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
For the Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- 2 Pieces Garlic Cloves chopped
- 11.3 Ounces Mushrooms fresh, sliced
- 1 Cup Marsala Wine dry
- Salt pinch
- ½ Cup Chicken Stock or Broth
- ⅓ Cup Table Cream
To Garnish:
- Parsley Fresh fresh, chopped
Instructions
For the Chicken:
- Prepare your chicken breast by cutting each breast into two slices lengthwise.
- In a shallow bowl combine all-purpose flour, salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning or oregano.
- Drag chicken slices through the seasoned flour and coat chicken on all sides. Keep aside
- Heat up a pan with the olive oil and add the butter as well. Allow the oils to get hot.
- When the oil is hot enough (but not smoking) place chicken slices into the pan.
- Flip and cook chicken slices golden on all slides. Keep aside.
For The Sauce:
- Reduce the heat of the pan and add your butter to build the sauce.
- Add chopped fresh garlic and sautee for a minute over medium heat.
- Add your sliced mushrooms to the pan and mix it up quickly. Cook mushrooms, they will lose liquids and reduce in size.
- Deglaze by pouring the marsala wine over the mushrooms. Keep a steady heat.
- Season with salt, mix and cook for a minute or two.
- Pour in the chicken stock and liquid cream. Combine all ingredients over medium heat. Reduce the sauce so that it thickens.
- Turn off heat and place cooked chicken back into the still-hot sauce. Cover chicken with sauce and mushrooms.
- Garnish with freshly chopped parsley and enjoy hot with a side fo your choice (see post for ideas).
Nutrition
Serving
This chicken marsala recipe with mushrooms and sauce can be served with the following side dishes:
- pasta noodles of your choice
- potatoes such as parsley potatoes
- rice
- mixed steamed vegetables
- pan sauteed or roasted asparagus
- mashed potatoes
- green beans
- polenta (my secret favorite)
Check out my side dish section on the blog for recipe ideas.
FAQs
Yes, you can. Just prepare the dish as described in the recipe, place it into freezer-friendly containers and into your freezer. When you want to use it, just thaw it overnight in the fridge or in the oven. Slowly heat up but not cook, just so that the meat is hot, or else the chicken will get tough.
No, chicken marsala is Italian because marsala wine is the main ingredient. A similarly named Indian dish is the chicken masala (without the "r" in the word).
Yes, you can make it ahead. Just prepare the dish as described in the recipe card. Place into meal prep containers and into the fridge. Carefully warm up your chicken when you want to eat it so that the meat doesn't turn out tough. It can be stored for up to 5 days.
Use fresh mushrooms of your choice. Avoid canned mushrooms. I like to use button mushrooms or chanterelle (those are fancy). Use what you can get locally and what is in season.
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Don’t understand ! In the post it says dry Marsala wine is best as “sweet” Marsala will give an off taste. Then in recipe it calls for sweet Marsala wine … wanna clarify?
Hey Mark, sorry for the confusion. I fixed it. It's clearly DRY Marsala wine that you should use for this recipe. Entry Marsala wine will do the trick. Sweet ones are really sweet and are used in desserts.
I have made this recipe, exactly according to the instructions, many times over the course of a year. The ingredient list is simple, the recipe is easy to follow, and wow it’s so good. My friends think I’m a cooking genius, my secret is good recipes. This is one of them, tried and true in my household. I don’t know if anybody will even see this comment but I want to give credit where it’s do, thank you for posting this recipe!
Thank you, Sara! Glad to hear that you have been enjoying this recipe as much as we do. 🙂
Husband is not a mushroom fan, but he absolutely loved it. Added diced onion before the shrooms. Definitely a keeper!
Thanks for sharing Deb, that's the best cooking compliment you could get from your husband. 🙂
Hi this recipe sounds great but do you have any suggestions on how to make if your family doesn't like mushrooms?
Hm, You could still make it without mushrooms, just skip the mushroom part to prepare the sauce. It will however be better with mushrooms. What if you just make it as per the recipe and don't tell them that there are mushrooms in it. Maybe they don't like a particular variety of canned mushrooms.
Fourth time following this recipe! I love it! Trying it with chicken thighs tonight, but I've never been disappointed!
Awesome, thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it. 🙂 Feel free to share with us how it turned out with thighs.
This recipe was so yummy! I wish however you would edit the recipe and put the “about how many minutes” to cook everything. I made my chicken golden on each side but realized it was still raw in some parts (and it was thin breast chicken). I had to put it in the sauce and cover it and cook for about 10 min before done. We have to be so careful with raw chicken. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for your comment. If the chicken is golden on the outside before it is cooked inside, it's because you either cooked it on high heat or you didn't use enough oil or a combination of the two. You fixed it by cooking it in the sauce further so that did the trick anyway. I will try to add that point with the about how many minutes to fry the chicken. Thanks!
Very good! Used breasts.
thanks for sharing, glad to read that you enjoyed the recipe.
Very good! Added a little more heavy cream than what it called for but it was delicious! Will definitely be making again!
thanks for sharing Leah
I added some cream cheese to the sauce. AHHHMAZING!
great idea, thanks for sharing Erica 🙂
just made it for my boyfriend and I, and we both enjoyed it so much!
Taste great, I added spinach to mine and cooked it in the oven instead.
Lovely! Thanks for sharing how you made your Aari
Delicious
Absolutely delicious!!!
Delicious!
Wow! We loved this recipe. We added a little cornstarch to thicken the sauce and served it with pasta which we put in the sauce to finish cooking for the last couple of minutes. Definitely going to be a staple dinner in our house now!
I think it goes well with pasta too. We serve our chicken marsala with spaetzle too. 🙂
My sauce wouldn’t thicken. I had to also use sherry as I couldn’t find Marsala anywhere.
Hi Angela, you have to cook down your sauce for it to thicken a bit. If you want a much thicker sauce, add flour or cornflour slurry to the sauce while it's cooking. Mix a tbsp of flour with a small quantity of warm water and add that to the sauce slowly by mixing some hot sauce to the slurry so that it mixes in better into the sauce.
Huge hit in our household... I was hoping for leftovers for my lunch but the boys finished it all off 🙂 Making extra next time
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. It makes me happy to read that your family enjoyed it. 🙂
Hi, I am super excited to try your Marsala recipe. But quick question regarding the Pinterest video; what piece of music did you use for the Pinterest video, not the YouTube one?
Hi Tia, The youtube one uses a song from the youtube library, which didn't require attribution. The Pinterest one uses the one from Facebook without attribution needed. The song is called Danzón De La Brisa by Kolektivo.
I modified this to combine a stuffed Marsala one I found and yours and it was beyond AMAZING! Highly recommend.
Awesome Melissa, thanks for sharing 🙂
It was excellent, easy and only recommendation is double sauce part
Thanks for sharing! My dad likes more sauce too. 🙂
Thanx for this comment, I was thinking that there would not be enough sauce for my family, gonna try it tonight.
Good for one time
thanks for your feedback
It was a hit!!! Kids liked it too!! I added fresh spinach to the mushrooms and reduced.... yummy!!!
Thanks for your feedback Jill, Glad to read that you guys loved it. 🙂
Came out great. Would do heavy whipping cream instead of regular next time for a super creamy sauce
Fantastic! That's a great idea for sure. Some like it creamier.
Very easy and delicious. I think I reduced the liquid too much, though, because I was left wanting more tasty sauce.
Hi Erin, Yes perhaps you have reduced it a bit too much or you can double the sauce quantity next time. Thanks for your feedback!
Due to lactose intolerance I substituted Daiya chive and onion cream cheese (diluted with water) and olive oil for butter. It was great.
Thanks for sharing Tracey!
Sauce turned out a little soupy, any tips on how to thicken it up??
Thanks!
Hi there, you can cook it down further until it thickens. Or you can combine a tbsp of cornflour with a tbsp of lukewarm water and add that to the sauce.
Loved this recipe. Delicious 😋
Thanks for your feedback Missy! 🙂
So, I changed a lot of things based on just measurements and people’s reviews.
I added more/less; 1 extra tablespoon garlic, only 1/4 of cream, 1/4 more wine, 1 table spoon of cornstarch at the end to thicken it.
It was delicious and so easy to make.
Awesome! Thanks for your feedback! 🙂
My family thinks I’m a gourmet chef!!!
Absolutely amazing!!!!!
That's awesome! So happy to read that you nailed it!
Can you use Marsala cooking wine instead of the actual wine? If so, would you switch the amount added at all or leave it the same?
Hi Christina, If the quality of your marsala cooking wine is adequate, use the same amount as described in the recipe.
Soooo delicious! Thanks for the recipe
Glad you like it! 🙂
I love this dish and have had it with salmon to, both really good. Thanks for sharing!!!
Glad to read that you love it as much as we do! How did you make it with salmon? sounds awesome!
This was disgusting. Not sure how this had such great reviews but it was so bad i had to order pizza! I followed the directions exactly and it was very soupy. Just gross flavor all around
I'm sorry that this didn't turn out as you expected. Maybe it's just not your kind of dish.
Did I miss something...the chicken wasn’t cooked? After sautéing and then put in the sauce then serve. When is then chicken cooked?
Hi Barbie, the chicken is cooked after you season it in the skillet before you cook the sauce. Please check the recipe card again and the video.
Delicious! The chicken came out so tender!
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Fabulous!
This was an easy recipe that makes you feel like a great chef.
I'm glad that you enjoyed making and eating the chicken marsala 🙂
I have always wondered why Italian restaurants would have Chicken Marsala in their menu which all the while I thought was an Indian dish - Chicken Tikka Masala. I thought they just shortened the name and the r was a typo. After an episode of Beat Bobby Flay with Chicken Marsala as the guest chef’s signature dish, I realized my ignorance 😁 This was delish. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
We had a confusion going on between these two dishes too in the past. Chicken tikka masala (or chicken masala in India) and the Italian chicken marsala. Sometimes I get emails from folks pointing out a typo. 🙂
What matters is that the food was delicious! 😀 Thanks for sharing
Fantastic recipe! Yummy
Thanks for sharing Dawn! 🙂 🙏
Very similar to Carrabba’s Chicken Marsala. I added an extra clove of garlic but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. I used Taylor brand Marsala wine which was a little more sweet than I would have liked. I might add a bit more cream next time to cut the sweetness.
thank you for sharing your experience with us 🙂
Made this for my family tonight and everyone LOVED it. Recipe was perfect! Two modifications were that I used pancake mix instead of flour; and I added some Pinot Grigio on top of the Marsala Cooking Wine for a sharper taste!
thank you for sharing your version and your experience. Glad to read that your family enjoyed my chicken marsala recipe. 🙂
What can I use if I wasn’t able to find Marsala wine at the store?
Hi Kelsey, you can try using Madeira wine because the two wines are similar. You can try any other wine but the flavors won't be the same. But in an "emergency" you can try using any other wine that you like too.
This was amazing! My bf and I loved it!!!!!!! Thank you!
Awesome, glad to read that Bella 🙂
Came out delicious!
Amazing, thanks for your feedback!
Very delicious! Made it and put it over some garlic mashed potatoes 😊
Thanks for sharing your serving suggestion, great idea!
It tastes amazing!!
Thanks for sharing Nairi!
This came out amazing definitely going to make it again.
Thank you for sharing, so glad to read that you enjoyed it 🙂
Turned out great!!
fantastic!
Really good ! Would make it again !! Added a yellow onion. Next time will add a little less cooking wine just because I don’t like the smell of it. But still very tasty !
Thanks for your feedback Vanessa. 🙂
I added potatoes and sliced chicken into my and it’s so delicious 😋 with bread 🥖
Thanks for sharing yours Chris. 🙂
My little one does not like mushroom with chicken so I made paste but the taste was so amazing that I did not feel the need to add cream.
It's nice when kids get to enjoy great food. Thanks for sharing your version Ritu.
Looked beautiful but not a fan of the taste...
thanks for your honest feedback 🙂
Loved it, needed a bit more salt.
Thank you for your feedback, much appreciated. 🙏
Very yummm😋and easy
Thank you for your feedback 🙏
Great recipe!
Thanks for your feedback 🙏
There is no need to go to OG anymore
I totally agree! 😀
It was really good. My family loved it!
Awesome, thanks for sharing! 🙂
The family gave it a thumbs up.
That's great, I'm thrilled! 😀
It was divine and my family loved it. I will definitely be making this dish more often.
awesome glad you enjoyed it as much as we did. 🙂
It was good , not delicious. I server with mashed potatoes and vegetables.
I'm sorry that it didn't meet your expectations.
Its probably because I didnt use the correct mushrooms. Thanks for the recipe, I'll try again!
the right mushrooms can make a difference. I hope you get to enjoy it properly in the future. 🙂
Made it and was very good. Let my sauce reduce too much but my fault. Only tweak was put in 1/4 of the salt and was just as good.
Thanks for sharing your experience Casey.
Fantastic recipe!
Thanks for your feedback 🙏
Soo good!
I’m not sure why my Marsala didn’t have enough flavor... maybe I simmered to long. But a great recipe!!!
Hi Marsha, did you taste the wine before you used it in your cooking? I bought one a while back which wasn't that flavorful and it turned my chicken marsala less flavorful.
Can you use a Cabernet Or other red wine if you don’t have a Marsala wine on hand?
Yes, you can Robin, but the result will be a different taste. Marsala has a very distinctive flavor.
It tasted very good. I cooked separately but when everything was ready I put all together in one bowl. Rice+chicken +mushrooms /onions with the sauce.
Instead of cream I used Soya milk.
My family loved it! 😊👨👩👧
Came out so good
Turned out amazing