You're gettin' lucky tonight...V-day dinner #3

Hey Cookers, your getting lucky tonight! I was given a request for a Chicken Marsala dish. SOO I decided to share a 3^rd dinner idea for your lover! Here it is...

Chicken Marsala

Ingredients:

1 Package of chicken cutlets (I usually get about six at the market fresh)

About 1 cup Marsala wine (This is found by the cooking wine)

1 package of mushrooms (already sliced)

1 onion chopped

Butter maybe about 3 tablespoons

Oil

Salt/pepper

1 clove of garlic

Cook up some pasta or rice to serve with the dish.

Directions:

First sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, add about 5 tablespoons of oil to coat the bottom of pan and on medium high heat fully cook the chicken cutlets. Once chicken is fully cooked, transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside. While the chicken cools, melt about 3 tablespoons of butter in the same skillet where the chicken cooked, add the onion, salt and pepper. Saute onion until tender, about 2 minutes. Now add the mushrooms and garlic and saute until the mushrooms are tender and the juices evaporate, about 12 minutes. Once the juices from the mushrooms evaporate a bit, add the wine and simmer until it is reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Now at this time your going to return the chicken to the skillet to have them soak up the yummy juices. Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 2 minutes. MAKE SURE you taste the sauce, it might need a bit more salt or pepper, you decide. Then eat up :)!

Valentines day dinner #2!!!!!

Alright Cookers, here's dinner #2 for your sweetie! I cooked this up for my sweetie and he LOVED so I know it was a success! So here it is...

Chicken Wrapped with Bacon


Ingredients:
1 pack of chicken breast
5 pieces of bacon lightly cooked
2 roman tomatoes
Salt/pepper/garlic powder


Sauce:
3/4 cup of milk (maybe a little more for thinning)
3 tablespoons of flour
The bacon oil from lightly browning the bacon
and the juice from the chicken after baking
Salt to taste
3 talespoons of pepper
(I also add a bit of grated cheese it's optional)


Directions:


First cook your bacon on medium heat so it has a nice brown to it, then place aside. Now prep your chicken by placing it on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder over the chicken. Cut the tomatoes into thin circles and place on top on chicken. Once bacon has cooled, wrap width wise around the chicken and tomato. Drizzle a little oil over each piece of chicken. Preheat oven to 350 and baked chicken for 40 minutes. I also made some asparagus with the chicken. I sprinkled salt, pepper, garlic powder, grated cheese and hot pepper and baked them for about 12 minutes at 400. This was a nice side to pair up with the chicken.
So now, when the chicken is finished, use the juices from the chicken and pour this into the pan with the bacon oil. Add the flour and let cook on medium high heat for about 3 minutes by constantly stirring. Then add the milk, salt, pepper and grated cheese. Stir constantly until thick. Taste it! See if it needs more salt or pepper.
Now plate every thing up! Take out the asparagus, place chicken on the plate with the yummy cream sauce and Buon Appetit!!! : )

BUT WAIT...On V-day there needs to be some chocolate!!! So I have created a yummy recipe if you would like to try this. You can actually make this multiple ways...you'll see what I mean.

Homemade Chocolate Bars

Ingredients:
Store bought brownie mix
Ice cream of your choice (I picked a white chocolate raspberry frozen yogurt)
1 package of semi sweet chocolate

Sauce:
You can by an already made caramel sauce or you can make it this way :
1 cup of sugar
6 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

Tip: Now if you do not want to make bars, simply just make brownies and lay the brownie with ice cream of your choice, caramel and whipped cream!!

In a small square pan, cook brownies according to directions. Once they are cooked, place them in the freezer for about an hour. Take out your ice cream of choice now so it can soften. Once brownies have cooled, take the ice cream and spread over the brownies ( You can also put ice cream in mocrowave for a few seconds to melt, therefore it would be easier to spread too). Once even and spread over brownies, place in freezer again and let sit over night.

Melt chocolate over the stove or in the microwave in a safe bowl ( Make sure not to burn the chocolate!!). Take out brownie and ice cream dish, and cut into rectangles. Once chocolate is melted, grab bar by the brownie and dip the whole bar in the chocolate, everything should be covered and it should look like an ice cream bar! Place on a dish and freeze again until serving time!

Now for the sauce, add sugar to a small sauce pan and heat sugar while constantly stirring. When sugar begins to turn a light brown color and sugar has melted, add the butter. Whisk and melt together. Once butter is melted, add the cream and whisk, whisk, whisk! The mixure will foam up, but thats normal, keep mixing for about 5 more minutes until everything is nice, smooth and thick. let sit for about 5 more and then pour into a dipping dish. Now take out your ice cream bars and start dipping and eating!! YUMMM

Alright cookers, let me know how this went!

Have a Happy Valentines day : )