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Directions
Take 4 deboned chicken thighs lay them out flat on your work surface.
Take any sausage you want to use, Italian, Mettwurst, pork, what ever. Mix in your choice of stuffing ingredients, my favorites are garlic, onion, parsley, thyme and some salt and pepper. Mix it well, then take a medium sized fist full and create a sort of cylinder shape. Place the sausage at one end of the flat chicken thigh and roll it up. Set the chicken pieces aside when you've done this.
Take a nice long (24 inches maybe?) piece of aluminum foil and lay it on your work surface with the long sides facing you, and the narrow end to your left and right. Lay six slices of either pancetta or thin-sliced bacon side by side along the center of the foil, ends of the bacon facing you.
Take a chicken thigh and place it at the end of the bacon strips nearest you. Pick up the foil edge and use it as a guide to roll the chicken so that the bacon strips are completely wrapped around it, then keep rolling until you seal the chicken/bacon inside the foil. Twist the ends so that the package is good and tight.
Place each of the four chicken packets in a pot of boiling water for twenty-five minutes.
Remove from water and set the chicken packets aside to cool a bit. Place the foil-wrapped chicken/bacon in the refrigerator for a half hour.
After chicken/bacon has thoroughly coole, take a frying pan and add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. One at a time, unwrap the chicken/bacon an discard the foil. The bacon will be pink, however, the entire thing will be cooked all the way through. Place the chicken/bacon in the hot olive oil and let the bacon crisp up, turning it as it browns.
After all four chicken/bacon pieces have been browned on the outside, splash about a cup or so of marsala wine into the frying pan and deglaze. Reduce to a thick sauce by cooking on high heat for a few minutes, stirring as needed.
Place each chicken portion on a plate and slice diagonally 3/4 inch slices. Arrange on plate and spoon marsala sauce over the chicken slices.
Serve with your choice of starch and vegetable. Serves 4
