Chicken Madeira

This Chicken Madeira featuring a rich mushroom and wine sauce is made with simple every day ingredients. In under an hour you can have restaurant quality flavor on the dinner table. It’s a guaranteed hit to serve guests or perfect for a family night in!

This chicken Madeira is a favorite dish of mine! It encompasses everything I love about simple cooking without skimping on flavor. The mushrooms are cooked in the wine slowly for about 15 minutes, just until the sauce reduces and thickens a bit, giving the sauce that amazing depth of flavor. I served this chicken dish over mashed potatoes, but pasta or rice would work just as well.

Ingredients:

1. 1 pound chicken breasts skinless and boneless, about 3 to 4
2. ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
3. 1½ teaspoon pepper or to taste
4. 3 tablespoons olive oil
5. 1 pound cremini mushrooms cleaned and sliced
6. 2 cloves garlic minced
7. 2 cups Madeira wine or a dry red wine
8. 1 cup chicken broth
9. 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour optional
10. 2 tablespoons butter
11. 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped