Chicken Madeira

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 8 asparagus spears
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
• 3 cups madeira wine
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet over medium heat olive oil.
• 2 cover each chicken breast with plastic wrap then use a mallet to flatten the chicken to about 1/4-inch thick.
• 3 sprinkle each fillet with salt and pepper.
• 4 sauté the chicken fillets for 4 to 6 minutes per side, or until the chicken has browned just a bit.
• 5 remove chicken fillets from the pan and wrap them together in foil to keep the fillets warm while you make the sauce.
• 6 don't clean the pan.
• 7 you want all that cooked-on goodness to stay in the skillet to help make the sauce.
• 8 with the heat still on medium, add two tablespoons of oil to the skillet.
• 9 add the sliced mushrooms and sauté for about two minutes.
• 10 add the madeira wine, beef stock, butter and pepper.
• 11 bring sauce to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until sauce has reduce to about 1/4 of its original volume.
• 12 when the sauce is done it will have thickened and turned a dark brown color.
• 13 as the sauce is simmering, bring a medium saucepan filled about halfway with water to a boil.
• 14 add a little salt to the water.
• 15 toss the asparagus into the water and boil for 3 to 5 minutes, or until just tender.
• 16 drop the asparagus in a bowl of ice water.
• 17 set oven to broil.
• 18 to prepare the dish: arrange the cooked chicken fillets on a baking pan.
• 19 cross two asparagus spears over each fillet, then cover each with a slice of mozzarella cheese.
• 20 broil the fillets for 3 to 4 minutes or until light brown spots begin to appear on the cheese.
• 21 to serve: arrange two chicken breasts on each plate, then spoon 3 or 4 tablespoons of madeira sauce over the chicken on each plate.