Buca Di Beppo Chicken Marsala Copycat Recipes

BUCA DI BEPPO CHICKEN MARSALA RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain. Set aside.
• Place a chicken breast between 2 sheets of waxed paper. Pound chicken until they are about 1/4-inch thick. Repeat with remaining breasts.
• In a small bowl combine flour, oregano, salt and pepper, to taste.
• Dredge chicken in flour until coated thoroughly.
• Place olive oil and butter in a large skillet.
• Place skillet over medium heat.
• When skillet is hot, fry chicken breasts until they are almost fully cooked, about 3 minutes each side.
• Remove from pan and set aside. Keep pan on heat.
• Pour in Marsala wine and deglaze the pan. Make sure to scrape all the brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Add chicken broth, mushrooms and garlic.
• Cook on medium high for about 10 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced by half.
• Add chicken breasts back to the pan.
• Cook for another 10 minutes. The sauce should become thick.
• Serve over pasta.

BUCA DI BEPPO CHICKEN MARSALA

Steps:

• Coat a large skillet lightly with olive oil and set over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook just until crisp and lightly browned.
• Remove with a slotted spoon; set aside. Leave fat in the pan. Put flour on a plate. Pat cutlets dry. Season lightly with salt and pepper, then dredge in flour. Heat pan with bacon fat over medium-high heat.
• Add a touch more olive oil if necessary to make approximately 2 tablespoons. When fat is hot, shake excess flour off cutlets and place in pan. Sauté, turning once until browned on both sides.
• Thin cutlets should only take a few minutes per side. Remove cutlets. Pour excess fat from pan. With pan over medium-high heat, add the Marsala and scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Cook Marsala until it is reduced by one quarter. Stir in cream and simmer until you get a nicely thickened sauce. Return the chicken and bacon to the pan and turn the cutlets to coat and reheat for a minute. Serve with the sauce over the top, with a sprinkling of parsley.

BUCA DI BEPPO CHICKEN MARSALA (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Coat large skillet lightly with olive oil and set over medium-high heat.
• Add bacon and cook just until crisp and lightly browned. Remove with a slotted spoon, set aside, leave fat in the pan.
• Put flour on a plate.
• Pat cutlets dry, season lightly with salt and pepper, dredge in flour.
• Heat pan with bacon fat over medium-high heat, add touch more olive oil if necessary to make approximately 2 tablespoons.
• When fat is hot shake excess flour off cutlets and place in pan.
• Saute, turning once until browned on both sides. Thin cutlets should only take a few minutes per side. Remove cutlets, pour excess fat from pan.
• With pan over medium-high heat add the Marsala and scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Cook Marsala until it is reduced by one quarter.
• Stir in cream and simmer until you get a nicely thickened sauce.
• Return the chicken and bacon to the pan and turn the cutlets to coat and reheat for a minute.
• Serve with the sauce over top and a sprinkle of parsley.

BUCA DI BEPPO CHICKEN WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Cut three lemons in half and use for fresh lemon juice. Pour the juice through a fine strainer. Cut the last lemon into wedges for garnish.
• Begin to heat the olive oil in a 12 inch sauté pan on med-high.
• Pound the chicken to about 1/4 inch thickness.
• While oil is getting hot, lightly season both sides of the chicken breast with salt.
• Lightly dust the chicken breast in the flour, shake off excess flour.
• Place chicken in the sauté pan; when the chicken is golden brown, turn over and brown the other side as well. It is important to brown both sides to insure the chicken is completely cooked through.
• When both sides are nice and brown, add white wine and lemon juice.
• Continue to cook for approximately two to three minutes. The liquid should reduce approximately half.
• Once the liquid is reduced, remove the chicken breasts from the pan and turn off heat.
• Check to make sure the chicken breasts are cooked by turning each piece of chicken over and cutting it halfway through with a knife. There should be no visible pink. If the chicken is not completely cooked through, place inches a 400 degree oven for five minutes to complete cooking.
• Finish the sauce by placing the softened butter in the pan. Using rubber spatula, work the butter into the sauce as it melts.
• Add capers to the sauce.
• Pour sauce directly on top of chicken breasts. Garnish with lemon wedges.