Chicken And Mushroom Marsala

We have the mistaken notion that evangelism is a choreographed set of ideas well laid out, perfectly transitioned and flawlessly presented. Forget it. It’s not this way. Many of us have tried this with frustration. It is much better to think of evangelism the way the Bible does – “sowing the seed” in any way you can. Any of us can do that. Ever seen a weed grow in an otherwise barren parking lot? Somehow the seed got there and flourished. The simple word in the right place, or the tract well-placed might be the means God uses. Well-oiled presentations frustrate because there is no room for serious questions and discussion on the one hand, and it rules out the less verbal among us, on the other. Rejoice over even the smallest of advances! You are sowing the seed.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Poultry	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3		Whole boneless chicken
		.breasts, with skin about
		2 1/2 lbs) halved, 2 1/2 lbs halved
1 1/2	T	Olive oil
3 1/2	T	Unsalted butter
1		Onion, sliced thin
3/4	lb	Mushrooms, sliced thin
1/2	c	Marsala wine
1	c	Chicken broth
2	T	Minced fresh parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet
heat oil and 1 1/2 Tablespoons butter over moderately high heat until
hot but not smoking and brown chicken in 2 batches, transferring with
tongs to a large plate as browned.  Discard all but 1 T. fat from
skillet and saute onion and mushrooms,  stirring occasionally, until
liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated.  Add Marsala and cook mixture
until Marsala is almost evaporated. Add  broth and chicken with any
juices on the plate and simmer, turning  chicken once, until cooked
through, about 15 minutes. Transfer  chicken with tongs to a platter.
Simmer mushroom sauce until liquid is reduced to about 1/2 cup. Remove
skillet from heat and stir in remaining 2 tablespoons butter and salt
and pepper to taste, stirring until butter is just incorporated.  Spoon
mushroom sauce around chicken and sprinkle with parsley.  Source:
Gourmet Magazine, June 1995 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by  Harrison
<littlebear@mindspring.com> on Feb 27, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Our hopelessness and our helplessness are no barrier to (God’s) work. Indeed our utter incapacity is often the prop He delights to use for His next act… We are facing one of the principles of Yahweh’s modus operandi. When His people are without strength, without resources, without hope, without human gimmicks – then He loves to stretch forth His hand from heaven. Once we see where God often begins we will understand how we may be encouraged. #Ralph Davis”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 139 Calories From Fat: 101 Total Fat: 11.3g Cholesterol: 17.8mg Sodium: 555.5mg Potassium: 373.7mg Carbohydrates: 4.5g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 2.5g Protein: 5.7g

The next time your heart is indifferent toward sin, think for a moment of what sin cost your Savior on the cross. Think about His lacerated back ripped open to the bone from the Roman scourge. Think how He suffered for a breath of air as He extended His bloody body up the vertical beam of the rugged cross. Think about the splinters that dug deeper into His freshly cut wounds with every movement. Think about the large spikes that pierced His hands and His feet penetrating deeply into nerve endings. Think of the slow suffocation as Jesus hung there in the nude, mocked by the onlookers. Jesus didn't die for His own sin; He died for ours. '[He was] pierced through for our transgressions… [He was] crushed for our iniquities' (Isa. 53:5). Does the love of Christ compel you to turn from that which brought Him unspeakable anguish?

Randy Smith