Chicken With Balsamic Vinegar Shallots And Garlic Sauce Food

BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk together the balsamic vinegar, chicken broth, sugar, garlic, and Italian seasoning in a bowl, place the chicken breasts in the marinade, and marinate for 10 minutes on each side.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Remove the chicken from the marinade and reserve the marinade. Place the chicken in the heated pan and cook until they start to brown and are no longer pink inside, about 7 minutes per side. Pour the marinade into the skillet, and cook until it thickens slightly, turning the chicken breasts over once or twice, about 5 minutes.

BAKED BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
• Line a baking dish with foil and baking / parchment paper.
• Mix together Sauce in a bowl.
• Place chicken in baking dish, skin side down for thighs and wings. Make sure the pan is big enough so the chicken is squished up next to each other (sauce may not reduce enough), but not so large that there is more than 4"/10 cm between every piece of chicken (sauce may reduce too much).
• Pour over Sauce. Bake 30 minutes. Turn chicken over, spoon over sauce.
• Bake 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. The Sauce should have thickened.
• Stand for 5 minutes, then spoon Sauce over chicken and serve.

BRAISED CHICKEN WITH SHALLOTS, GARLIC, AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a deep 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately low heat, stirring, until crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain and reserve bacon fat in skillet.
• While bacon is cooking, pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper. Brown, beginning with skin sides down, in 2 batches in bacon fat over moderately high heat, turning, about 8 minutes. Transfer chicken as browned with tongs to a plate and pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat from skillet.
• Add shallots to skillet and cook over moderately low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until soft and pale golden, about 10 minutes.
• Remove lid and cook shallots, stirring, until deep golden, about 10 minutes more. Add garlic and 1 cup water to skillet and boil, stirring, 1 minute.
• Return chicken to skillet, turning pieces to coat, then arrange them skin sides up and gently simmer, covered, until chicken is cooked through and garlic is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Transfer chicken with tongs to a serving dish. Add vinegar to sauce and boil, uncovered, mashing garlic with back of a spoon, until slightly thickened. Season sauce with salt and pepper and pour over chicken, then sprinkle with bacon.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Rinse the mushrooms and pat dry. Season the flour with salt and pepper and dredge the chicken breasts in the flour mixture. Heat oil in a skillet over medium high heat and saute the chicken until it is nicely browned on one side (about 3 minutes).
• Add the garlic. Turn the chicken breasts and scatter the mushrooms over them. Continue frying, shaking the skillet and stirring the mushrooms. Cook for about 3 minutes, then add the vinegar, broth, bay leaf and thyme. Cover tightly and simmer over medium low heat for 10 minutes, turning occasionally.
• Transfer the chicken to a warm serving platter and cover with foil. Set aside. Continue simmering the sauce, uncovered, over medium high heat for about 7 minutes. Swirl in the butter or margarine and discard the bay leaf. Pour this mushroom sauce mixture over the chicken and serve.

CHICKEN WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR, SHALLOTS, AND GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook bacon on medium heat until crisp in a large skillet. Remove bacon and allow to drain and cool on paper towels. Leave bacon fat in skillet.
• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides. Brown chicken in bacon fat over med. high heat, turning once halfway through cooking. When chicken is no longer pink, transfer to plate and pour off all but two tablespoons of fat from skillet.
• Add shallots to skillet over med. low heat. Cover and stir occasionally until light golden color. Remove lid and cook a few minutes more until they are a deep golden color. Stir often to keep them from sticking and burning.
• Add garlic to skillet along with 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil while stirring for about a minute.
• Place chicken back into skillet, turning to coat with the liquid. Cover skillet and simmer for about 30 minutes.
• While waiting, put bacon slices in a ziplock bag and crush with your hands into big bacon bits.
• Remove chicken from skillet and arrange on a serving dish. Add vinegar to skillet and bring to a boil to reduce the sauce, stirring and mashing the garlic. Add more pepper to taste.
• Pour sauce over chicken and garnish with bacon bits.

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR AND HERBS

Steps:

• Marinate The Night Before:.
• Rinse and trim the chicken. Salt and pepper chicken pieces on both sides. Lay the pieces flat, skin side up, in a glass baking dish and sprinkle with the fresh garlic, herbs, and onion. Pour vinegar and oil over the chicken, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Turn the pieces once or twice while in the marinade.
• To Bake:.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut the potatoes 1 inch cubes for roasting. Sprinkle them with salt and pepper, coat them with olive oil. Set them aside.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade, reserving the liquid. Strain the marinade through a fine sieve.
• Reserve the liquid for making the gravy.
• Put the potatoes on the bottom of a large roasting pan and place the chicken pieces skin side down on top of the potatoes. Bake for 30 minutes. Turn chicken skin side up and roast for an additional 45 minutes. The chicken will be golden brown with a crispy skin.
• Remove chicken to a platter and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Turn oven temperature up to 450 degees.
• Continue to roast the potatoes in the pan for 15 -20 minutes until they are soft in the center when tested with a fork. Add the potatoes to the chicken platter. Cover with foil and keep warm.
• Transfer the roasting pan to a burner on medium high heat. Deglaze the pan with the strained chicken marinade, loosening any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Mix the cornstarch with the cold water until it is smooth and add to the sauce in the pan stirring well. Boil for 2-3 minutes, or until thickened . Ladle some of the sauce over the chicken and potatoes and place the extra sauce in a gravy boat. The masterpiece is ready to be served.
• For an alternative way to thicken the sauce make a paste with 2 tablespoons of soften butter and 1 ½ TBSP of flour. Add it to the boiling sauce instead of the corn starch paste. Why should you do it? " because some time you feel like a nut, and sometime you don't !".

SHALLOT & RED WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauté 250g sliced shallots in a medium saucepan with 4 tbsp olive oil over a high heat for about 3 mins until lightly browned, stirring often.
• Season with ground black pepper and add 1 lightly crushed garlic clove and a sprig of rosemary.
• Continue cooking for a further 3 mins, stirring often to prevent the shallots burning.
• Pour in 5 tbsp balsamic vinegar and cook until evaporated away to a syrup, then pour in 400ml red wine and cook until reduced by two thirds.
• Pour in 400ml beef or brown chicken stock and bring to the boil.
• Turn down the heat and simmer until reduced by two-thirds again, to around 250ml. Remove the garlic and rosemary.
• Add a little salt to taste and finally 'monte' (whisk) in a knob of butter. Add any juices from the steaks just before serving.

BALSAMIC-ROASTED SHALLOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Drizzle olive oil and half the rosemary over peeled shallots and place in a baking dish. Roast for 30 minutes at this temperature.
• Increase oven temperature to 400 and roast for an additional twenty minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
• Melt butter in a saucepan and saute onion and remaining rosemary until soft.
• Add red wine and cook on a low boil, allowing liquid to reduce, about eight minutes.
• Add chicken stock and continue to cook on a low boil while the liquid contiunes to reduce
• Slice roasted shallots and add to sauce. Add the peppercorns and the balsamic vinegar and allow to reduce until sauce thickens.
• Pour over roasted meats or pasta.

CHICKEN WITH SHALLOTS AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Using a paring knife, but a shallow X in the root end of each shallot. Set aside Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper. In a large, deep frying pan over medium-high heat, melt the butter with the canola oil. Working in batches, if necessary, add the chicken and cook, turning frequently, until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside. Pour off all but 2 Tablespoons of the fat in the pan. Add the shallots and saute over medium-high heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add the wine, broth and vinegar. Raise the heat to high, bring to a boil and deglaze the pan, stirring and scraping up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. SLOW COOKER: Transfer the chicken to a slow cooker and add the shallot mixture. Cover and cook until the chicken is tender and opaque throughout, 3 hours on the high-heat setting or 6 hours on the low-heat setting. Uncover, set the temperature to the high setting if necessary, and cook, stirring often, until the liquid has thickened slightly, about 15 minutes. Transfer the chicken and shallots to a warmed platter and top with any remaining sauce. Serve at once.

BALSAMIC ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Mix rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper. Place onions in a roasting pan; place chicken over onions, breast side up. , Pat chicken dry. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from chicken; rub rosemary mixture under the skin. Secure skin to underside of breast with toothpicks. Tuck wings under chicken; tie drumsticks together., Mix wine and vinegar; pour over chicken. Roast 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°. (Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly.), Remove chicken from oven; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before carving. Transfer onion and pan drippings to a small bowl; skim fat. Remove and discard skin from chicken before serving. Serve with onion sauce.

GARLIC CHICKEN BREASTS WITH SPICY BALSAMIC VINEGAR-SESAME SAUCE

Steps:

• Dredge chicken breasts in flour.
• Shake off excess.
• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat.
• Add chicken and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add garlic.
• Flip chicken and continue cooking 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add stock, vinegar, sugar (or honey), sesame oil, salt and pepper flakes.
• Reduce heat, cover and cook until chicken is tender and sauce is reduced by at least 1/2.
• In small bowl combine water and cornstarch, stirring until smooth.
• Add to skillet and cook until sauce starts to thicken, 1 or 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• Serve over rice.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH GARLIC AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• If breasts are connected, separate filets and cut away any membranes or fat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Rinse mushrooms and pat dry. Season the flour with some salt and pepper and dredge chicken in the mixture. Shake off the excess flour.
• Heat oil in heavy skillet over medium-high heat and cook the breasts until nicely browned on one side. Add garlic cloves. Turn chicken and scatter the mushrooms over top. Continue cooking, shaking the skillet to redistribute the mushrooms so that they cook evenly. Cook about 3-4 minutes.
• Add the vinegar, broth, bay leaf and thyme.
• Cover tightly and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Transfer the chicken pieces to a warm serving platter and cover with foil. Continue cooking sauce with mushrooms, uncovered and over medium-high heat for about 7 minutes. Swirl in butter and discard bay leaf.
• Pour the mushroom sauce over the chicken and serve.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR PAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine broth, vinegar, and honey in a small bowl.
• Melt butter and heat oil in a large nonstick pan over low heat.
• Place flour in a shallow pan or dish.
• Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
• Increase heat to medium-high; heat for 2 minutes or until butter browns.
• Add chicken to the pan and cook for 4 minutes per side or until golden.
• Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
• Add shallots and saute 30 seconds.
• Add broth mixture and bring to a boil; cook for 3 minutes or until the liquid is reduced to 1/2 a cup.
• Serve sauce over chicken and garnish with parsley.