Braised Balsamic Chicken With Garlic and Onions

Charmie777's Note:

Soooo flavorful! The house smells wonderful while this is cooking!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 6 pieces bacon , cut into 1/4 inch strips
• 1 chicken , cut into 8 pieces (or 8 pieces of your favorite cut)
• 1 lb onion , thinly sliced (or shallots)
• 1 head garlic , separated and peeled
• ¼ cup balsamic vinegar

Directions:

1. Cook bacon in a deep heavy skilled until crisp.
2. Drain on paper towels, reserving bacon grease in skillet.
3. Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper.
4. Brown chicken in bacon greasse, in 2 batches, over medium hight heat, turning, about 8 minutes.
5. Transfer chicken to plate.
6. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat.
7. Lower heat, add onions to skillet and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until soft and lightly brown, about 10 minutes.
8. Remove lid and continuing cooking until deep golden, about 10 minutes more.
9. Add garlic and 1 cup water to skillet and bring to a boil, stirring 1 minute.
10. Return chicken to skillet, turning pieces to coat, then arrange them skin side up and gently simmer, covered, until cooked through, about 30 minutes.
11. Transfer chicken to serving dish.
12. Add balsamic vinegar to sauce and boil, uncovered, mashing garlic, until slightly thickened.
13. Season with salt and pepper and pour over chicken, then sprinkle with bacon.

Reviews

[Nymphadora Tonks]

I also added mushrooms when adding the onions and used more chicken stock than water. Incredibly awesome and a big hit with the family! The chicken itself was juicy and full of flavour then add on the sauce and WOW!

[FallnXangel]

This was excellent!!!! I did do like some of the others and cook the chicken in the balsamic vinegar. Also, instead of a full cup of water, I added about 3/4 c of water, 1/4 c white water, 1/4 c balsamic vinegar, and then a splash of liquid chicken bullion. And about 2 tbsp of brown sugar. At the end I mixed about 1 tbsp of corn starch with a splash of water to the cooking liquid to try to thicken up. It was absolutely delicious! I made this with rice and a tomato, pepper, green bean feta salad.

[mummamills]

This was an easy recipe to follow, and while my husband liked it, I felt there was something missing. It tasted like a "honey/soy" without the honey :) I dont think there is anything wrong with the recipe, I guess I am just not fussed on cooked balsalmic.