Marry Me Chicken Recipe (2024)

I have been making this for years. I pound my chicken cutlets and by the time it’s done they’re are falling apart tender. I add a lot more broth and thicken it with the flour from the chicken. I also add a half pound of cooked pasta and a lot of raw baby spinach at the end - it melts from the heat and makes this a true one pot meal. I always have enough for at least 2 nights!!

Made this tonight. Didn’t have cream so used whole milk and some flour to thicken. We don’t like SDT so I used a can of petite diced tomatoes drained and it was delicious. Served it over rice. Was very good, easy and came together quickly. Marry me tho? Maybe not lol. Sleep with me, maybe haha.

You don't need to use that much oil & butter to make this dish, 1/2 the amount is sufficient . You can also use milk, or coconut milk instead of cream

Add a finely diced shallot when you add the garlic, you won’t regret it.

In college we used to joke that every fella needed to know how to make a creamy chicken dish for serving a first-time dine-over date. It didn't matter the recipe, but we all called it Chicken Seducto. This qualifies!

Deglaze with a shot (or two) of vodka after cooking the tomato paste (double that too) and the dish becomes pretty classic vodka sauce.

Wondering if you could use greek yogurt instead of heavy cream to cut back on the fat content?

Sub the dairy for sour cream, add some onions, serve it with spaetzle or other dumpling and you’ve got chicken paprikash. Yes, my spouse we would remarry me for this.

This was really good, and the leftovers reheated well and made a great lunch! I did make some modifications based on some notes. After browning the chicken, I sautéed some mushrooms until nicely browned, removed from pan and then sautéed some finely diced shallots and garlic until soft. Added the tomato paste and after a few minutes deglazed with a splash of vodka. once that cooked off, I added the broth and followed the rest of recipe, adding the mushrooms along with the chicken in that step.

This recipe nearly caused a divorce in my household as my boyfriend got so mad at the amount of oil I had splattered everywhere. Also I used chicken thighs as it was the only thing I had in the fridge. Frankly the outcome was a little gross, between the fattiness of the thighs and the creaminess of the sauce. I know, none of this is the fault of the recipe, but I guess my advice is don't use thighs and get a boyfriend who doesn't hover over you while you cook.

As a newlywed, my first dish was this! I added extra red pepper flakes for more heat, and doubled the amount of sun dried tomatoes for extra tangy-ness. I also threw some basil into the sauce after removing the pan from heat, as well as extra for garnish. Came out great!

Threw some vermouth in to deglaze the pan.

I made this as written. It was very tasty and the whole family enjoyed it, and I liked the overall technique in the recipe. The sauce was yummy mopped up with bread.That said, I doubt me or my partner would have been impressed by this kind of food. Butter, cream and parmesan on chicken is rich. It's good, but if we want to splurge, we'd rather do it on something else!

So if it’s like a curry but without spices and with sun dried tomatoes, it’s nothing like a curry. *shrugs*

I always put toasted garlic breadcrumbs on top, with a little bit of cumin. It's my version of curry not curry!

I do not understand all the high ratings. I made this recipe on Valentine’s Day for my husband and it was impossibly under-seasoned. Bland would be the kindest adjective I could muster. Marry Me Chicken? More like Divorce Me Chicken.

This was even better than I expected. I can see why it's called "Marry Me Chicken." My husband of many years and I both loved it. This will definitely go into our regular rotation. I think it will be a huge hit with our sons, too.

The chicken and the "sauce" never come together as one. It's basically pan-browned chicken with an almost puttanesca thrown on top that have nothing to do with each other. Maybe if the chicken were marinaded in something before... But, not this. Keep looking for other recipes.

Mediocre at best. Tastes mostly of parm. Needs more garlic and more time for the sun dried tomatoes to simmer. It was fine. Nothing special though.

Too oily/fatty for my taste.

This is such a delicious and easy dish to whip up. Subbed in some white wine for chicken stock (did 3/4 stock, 1/4 wine) which made the sauce even better. Served with roasted potatoes, will definitely be making this again

Love this recipe! Excited to make it again (will be the 3rd time) after reading some of the suggestions (which I think will really be nice) and wanted to add my own. I really enjoy serving this with some orzo and over a handful or two of arugula. By the time you go to the dinner table to eat the arugula has softened nicely, but still has some body to it. I also made it with pesto instead of sundried tomatoes because my sun dried tomatoes went WEIRD in the fridge … but that’s the fun of cooking!!

This was insanely good and not hard at all.

This is a simple, yummy pan sauce. I added a shallot with the garlic. I browned the chicken in butter, olive oil, and a splash of the oil from the sun dried tomatoes to highlight the SDT flavor. I also used Better than Boullion for the broth which allowed for a more control over the concentration of the flavor. Finished with a handful of spinach and served over a short cut pasta. Next time, I will pound the chicken flat, and will pre-cut the sun dried tomatoes to match the bite size of the pasta

My family enjoyed this (I made it as written other than eyeballing the olive oil and butter because browning chicken isn’t that precise of a business). It’s a perfectly fine creamy tomato basil chicken recipe, but I don’t quite see what the hysteria is about.

I made it for the first time. I didn't want that much sundried tomato taste so I halved the amount and subbed fresh cherry tomatoes. Glad I did: with all the fat from cream, butter and cheese it desperately needed some freshness. If I make again I'll also add fresh mushrooms,

I used coconut milk instead of heavy cream and it tasted delicious. I was nervous the coconut flavor would be overpowering but I didn’t taste it because the other flavors are so powerful. Really tasty! Will be making again!

I need this to be non-dairy, how do I make those substitutions?

It is very tasty, but not enough to ever make it again. Too much mess to clean up after & way too much fat! It took me longer to clean up than to cook it.

Delicious recipe I am going to make over and over again. Served it over broken lasagne noodles.Important to use unsalted butter and low sodium chicken broth otherwise it will be too salty.