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!

Almost 48 years ago I made Aglio e Olio (spaghetti with oil and garlic) for man I'd met the day before at a road race. We've been together ever since. I made it last night and while it was good, I wouldn't put it in the Marry Me category. I did add more garlic-8 cloves (really, Naz, 3 cloves for almost 3 pounds of chicken), 2 TBS paste, 2 cups chicken stock and about a cup of my home grown sun dried tomatoes. I served it over spaghetti with a salad. Not sure if I would make again.

Served over jasmine rice. Boyfriend and I don’t plan on marrying, but this dish? It’s incredible just the way it is. Do nothing but enjoy it.

Make chicken thighs flat

Flatten thighs and use canned diced tomatoes instead of sundried

I doubled the sauce and declined the pan with cognac. As someone suggested prior, I served it with a half pound of cooked pasta and a generous amount of fresh spinach. I sliced the chicken into bite-size pieces before heating in the sauce, and poured the chicken and sauce mixture over the pasta and spinach. It made a wonderful one pot meal that my family truly enjoyed. I’ll definitely make this again, probably adding a shallots as suggested. a shallot as other people have suggested.

I made this with extra firm tofu, using two blocks cut into six slabs each. AND OH MY GOODNESS WAS IT DELICIOUS! The whole family flipped out over it and wants to eats it every day forever.

Added sautéed mushrooms and served over papardella pasta.

I double the sauce and serve it over Pappardelli pasta!

I don't know who comes up with the "PREP" times for NYT...but, unless you have a couple of sous-chefs it takes almost twice the amount of time listed!

As with most recipes that have a sauce, I usually make 1 1/2 times or double the amount of sauce. My husband loves the sauce over mashed potatoes!

The family is simply wild about this dish. I've made it exactly as written, but agree, a little less oil and a little less butter. I might also just go ahead and use the full 3/4ths cup of cream to make more sauce. Unfortunately in both cases an unexpected delay came up and the dish holds only so-so with the oil and the cream separating if left too long. (Still scrumptious, however.)

This dish has a most a delicious sauce. I wish I had more and next time will create a larger volume of it. I did substitute a coconut creamer (without sugar) instead of regular dairy cream, and the result is still excellent. I used thin chicken breasts which saved some time, minced the garlic instead of chopping, and used whole wheat flour.

this took us way longer than an hour, even after all the ingredients were measured out, and it was just fine. it was good enough. maybe “marry me” is selling it too hard.

I made this tonight and thought it was tasty. The only thing I did differently was to use Calabrian chili paste instead of pepper flakes. I served it over slightly buttered egg noodles. I like the idea below of french bread to mop up the sauce!

So good!!! The sun dried tomatoes really make this dish pop. I love the suggestions from other commenters too. This dish is definitely going on heavy rotation chez moi.