Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - Chicken Marsala the Zone way

I just worked my tail off coming up with this so you better try it and I want a full report on it later. I make a killer Chicken Marsala but the way I make it "traditionally" involves tons of butter/cheese/ flour and one of Gods greatest creations the Mashed Potato. I had to come up with a stripped down version of this at the same time tracking everything that went into it to precisely come up with the right amount of blocks for this meal...and it worked out perfectly. When I say I measured everything...I measured everything. Ladies and gentleman I actually measured the weight of a cup of flour for dredging then measure what was left of the flour to see exactly how much ended up on the chicken...22 grams to be exact and it is all accounted for....if you doubt me I will literally fashion a Voodoo doll to your likeness and stick away at it with pins! If you are wondering about the weight of the chicken it changes weight when cooked. I measured it after it was cooked and each piece averaged ~1.5 ounces.

Ingredients:
1 cup of flour (most of which will be tossed later)
1 lb 5 ounces frozen raw chicken tenderloins - should be 10 tenderloins
1 medium size package of sliced mushrooms - not the tiny one but the next one up
1   6 ounce pack of sliced portabella mushrooms
3/4 cup chicken broth - low sodium
3/4 cup Marsala cooking wine
1 3/4 tbl of butter
1/4 cup of grated mozz cheese
a few pinches of Parmesan - not enough to make a difference - simply for flavor
A small bunch of green onions - mostly for garnish, leave them off if you are freaky about counting them I didn't use them but a very small handful of chopped green onions doesn't COUNT!

Lightly Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour and shake off everything that will shake off. Melt one tbl spoon of butter in a large non stick skillet.Lightly brown all pieces of chicken in the butter on both sides then set aside on a plate. This will use every bit of the oil and leave some drippings/stickings in the pan..DON'T wash your pan, that's good stuff.

Melt last 3/4 tbl spoon of butter in a pan and add all of the mushrooms and cook them until they become soft and dark.When the Mushrooms look good throw the chicken back in the pan with them and add the Chicken Broth and Marsala Wine, and a dash of salt and pepper.

Go ahead and preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Simmer everything for 10 minutes. When that is done tong out each piece of chicken into the bottom of a small casserole dish. Pour everything left in the pan over the top of the chicken. Sprinkle the 1/4 cup of Mozz cheese over the top of it all and finish out with the onions if you want it pretty and a few sprinkles of Parm cheese..not much Parm, not even enough to worry about once you divide this up into five separate meals.Bake the dish at 450 for around 12-15 minutes depending on your oven, just keep a watch on the cheese on top and don't let it burn.

 

Here it where it worked out almost to perfect to believe. If you divide this evenly into 5 meals you get 3 blocks protein, 3 blocks Fat and 1 block Carbs. So take 5 small Tupperware container and place 2 pieces of chicken in each and then use a small soup ladle or big spoon and scoop out even amounts of the sauce into each. If you divide it into 3 meals you get 5 blocks of Pro, 5 blocks of Fat and roughly a little over 1.6 blocks of Carbs, You can make up for that by shorting another of your carb blocks that you will eat with the meal guys. If you want any other variation of blocks then you my friend will have to figure it out yourself!

I made simple asparagus to go with mine by just steam frying it for a few minutes in water only. However when I was done I realized how many things would have been better but Asparagus is what I had so that's what I used. Roasted Winter Squash or Roasted Sweet potatoes would have been killer, I think even Cauliflower would have been good. Any other carb you can think of that would take on a little of the sauce would be fantastic as that is what is so good about this meal....the sauce. So remember a lot of your blocks are in that sauce so lick up every bit of it left on that plate.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did,

Clay Crocker