Friday, March 19, 2010

Baked Chicken Marsala

Ingredients:

Boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
dry, cooking Marsala or sherry
chicken broth
marjoram spice
salt and pepper
butter (optional)
Spiral noodles or mashed potatoes

The How To:

*Get your hands on a pirex-type pan. Place desired number of chicken breasts in it.
*Pour enough broth and Marsala into the pan to fill it 1/4 in. full. (make it 1/3 Marsala and 2/3 broth). Sprinkle chicken w/ marjoram spice. Add salt and pepper. Throw a little butter in there as well (tbsp). Make sure you coat the chicken in those juices w/ a brush as it cooks. Bake for about 1hour @ 375. You may turn the heat up to 400 if you have less time, but I wouldn't recc. any higher.
*When the chicken is almost done, cook up your noodles or mashed potatoes. Remove chicken from pan and place on a serving plate.
*Pour the remaining broth mixture into a measuring cup. (this will the gravy for your potatoes or light sauce for your noodles.) Serve and devour:)

Monday, March 8, 2010

20 Min Linguini Dish

Ingredients:

long, thin noodles of some sort (cooked up)
1/2 c broth
4 cloves garlic-minced
2 c tomatoes-chopped
2 tbsp basil
salt and pepper to taste
1tsp oil
olives
Parmesean

The How To:

When noodles are almost finished cooking, begin the sauce as follows-- Grab hold of your favorite large skillet, add oil and garlic..cook up just a touch and add broth, basil, salt and pepper. When noodles are finished cooking, add the tomato and olives (amount based on personal preference) and heat through. Serve noodles up and ladle sauce on top. Sprinkle w/ cheese before serving. This is supposed to be a light sauce, just a coating really. It's great for a light, summer meal or you can add shrimp/chicken for a bit more substance:) Enjoy! Also, try it w/ sour dough bread. MMmm.