Basic Sauteéd Chicken

I was searching online for recipes on chicken breast and I found this one. Thought it would be easy, simple and fast to make as hubby was coming home soon from work. I sometimes make dinner last minute.

It was actually pretty good.. Hubby liked it a lot. The one in red is what I changed. The original recipe called for 1/2 cup chicken broth and 1/2 cup dry white wine or 1 cup chicken broth or another tasty liquid of your choice. Didn't have any of that soooo.. I just used what I had.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup Marsala wine
• 1 handful fresh chopped parsley

DIRECTIONS:

1. Begin by trimming the chicken breasts if they need trimming. I use my beloved kitchen scissors and snip off any shaggy bits of fat or gristle.
   
2. Pat them dry with paper towels (to helps them brown) and sprinkle them with some kosher salt.
   
3. Heat a very large pan over medium-high heat and add the butter, which should melt and foam, and the olive oil, which should stop the butter from burning. When the fat is all very hot but not turning black (recipes say "when the foam subsides"), add the chicken breasts in one layer. Now leave them alone for 5 or so minutes while the bottom gets nice and crusty and brown.
   
4. Use tongs or a spatula to flip them over as they brown, and then cook another 4 or so minutes until the bottom is very brown and the chicken is cooked through. You may want to cut a piece open to check, but pressing a cooked breast with your fingertip will give you a feel for its doneness, which will develop over time into the skill of knowing when it's done without cutting it.
   
5. Pile the chicken on a heat-proof plate and pop it into a 200ºF heated oven while you "deglaze" the pan. Pour the wine in and scrape with a spatula to dissolve all the yummy browned bits while the wine bubbles and boils furiously in the hot pan.
   
6. When the wine has cooked down about halfway, add the broth, turn the heat to high, and cook until the sauce seems syrupy and delicious. Taste it for salt, then drizzle it over the chicken, sprinkle with parsley, and serve. Sometimes, if the chicken has browned but doesn't seem quite cooked through, I leave it in the pan while I make the sauce so that it can simmer in there a bit longer.

TIP:

• Thick breasts take too long to cook, and the middle insists on remaining bland. Use very small chicken breasts, cut each one in half to make 2 skinnier breasts, or pound them using a meat tenderizer.
• In a non-stick pan, the chicken may be disinclined to brown correctly, and the brown is where the flavor is here. Try to use a non-non-stick pan.
• Don't be afraid of heat. You want to brown the chicken very well, and you want to do this before the inside turns to quilt batting. The chicken will seem, at first, like it's sticking, but once it's properly browned it will loosen itself as if by magic.
• Slice each breast up crosswise before serving: this allows the sauce to get inside, making it more appealing to eat.

Recipe is from Disney Family