Chicken With Balsamic Glaze and Fresh Spinach

CookGordon's Note:

Adapted from the Cooking Pleasures magazine. This is a quick-cooking saute making it ideal for a weekday meal. Also, uses 1 skillet so clean-up is a breeze. The simple glaze is reduced to give the dish a sweet-sour taste.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• ¼ teaspoon salt , plus
• 1⁄8; teaspoon salt (divided)
• ¼ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red bell peppers or 1 orange bell pepper , cut into thin stirps
• 1 cup red onion , thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves , minced
• 6 cups fresh spinach (cleaned)
• 1⁄3; cup balsamic vinegar
• ½ teaspoon light brown sugar , packed

Directions:

1. Sprinkle both sides of chicken with 1/4 teaspoons of the salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook 4 to 6 minutes or until brown, turning once. Cover and reduce heat to medium; cook 4 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center and juices run clear. Place on plate; loosely cover to keep warm.
2. Increase heat to medium-high. To same skillet, add bell pepper, onion and garlic. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until vegetables just begin to soften. Add spinach; sprinkle with remaining 1/8 teaspoons salt. Remove from heat; toss until spinach is barely wilted. Place on serving plates or platter. Top with chicken.
3. Return same skillet to high heat. Add vinegar and brown sugar. Bring to a boil; boil 30 to 60 seconds or until slightly thickened, scraping up browned bits from bottom of skillet. Drizzle balsamic glaze around chicken and vegetables.

Reviews

[Bergy]

5 star all the way. I used my large wok, browned the chicken -added the peppers etc with the chicken sitting up on the side of the wok. After 2 minutes added the spinach just for a 1 minutes poured in the balsamic and there it was all ready and delicious A definite do again recipe

[LuuvBunny]

I cannot say enough good things about this recipe!It has amazing flavour and it took no time to prepare.Absolutely fantastic!!

[Derf]

mmm wonderful glazed chicken, love the balsamic and the combination of the spinach mix under the chicken was delicious! Next time instead of drizzling the balsamic reduction around the plate I would drizzle it right over the chicken and the spinach mix. thanks for posting!!