Balsamic-Glazed Chicken with Caramelized Onions

[fitfool]

Those of you with access with Fairway Market in NYC, go indulge yourself with a bottle of their house-branded balsamic vinegar. Tastes like the balsamics that have been aged for 12 years but at a much more affordable price. When we got home, our previous bottle of balsamic vinegar tasted like lighter fluid in comparison to Fairway's balsamic. Good stuff! All that said, this recipe worked great with both our regular balsamic vinegar and the one we got from Fairway's. We are hoarding our last bottles of Fairway's balsamic and olive oil until we can go back and restock our pantry.

Saw a recipe for a tasty-looking sandwich and made just the part for Balsamic-Glazed Chicken and topped with some caramelized onions. YUMMY. Served with Flaky Dinner Rolls and Spicy Sesame Napa Cabbage and Carrot.

Balsamic-Glazed Chicken with Caramelized Onions

Ingredients
4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 large onion, sliced thinly
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar, divided
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt over chicken. Add chicken to pan; cook 1 minute on each side or until lightly browned. Add 1/4 cup vinegar; cook 2 minutes or until chicken is done and vinegar is syrupy. Remove chicken mixture from the pan; cover and keep warm. Wipe pan clean with a paper towel.
   
   
2. Return pan to medium-high heat; add remaining 2 teaspoons oil. Add sliced onion; sauté 7 minutes or until tender.
   
   
3. Lower heat and continue cooking the onions until soft. Stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 cup vinegar; cook 1 minute or until vinegar is syrupy.
   
   
4. To serve, pour the onion mixture over top of the chicken.
   
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Comments

[savateuse.livejournal.com]

Fairway market? house made balsamic? Im there!

Any chance we can meet up for an adventure when my ship docks there in a few months?

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Well...I don't think it's house-MADE balsamic. I think they just contract with some producers over there and buy in enough bulk to get a good price on it and pass it along to their customers. But even though they didn't make it, it's really good stuff. They also have a whole bunch of different olive oils. If they don't have any bottles out for sampling, ask if you can sample them. They usually keep some on hand for that and we got to try a whole bunch of them. I suppose it paid for them since we then bought $100+ in balsamic oil and olive oil for ourselves and some gifts. Need to go back and get more. Yes, I'd love to meet up! Where would your ship dock? Boston MA, Portsmouth NH, or Portland ME are within a reasonable drive for me. Lost track of your LJ for a while there when I missed your name change. Just to be sure, were you once oo-tray?