Monday, January 26, 2015

Balsamic Chicken Breasts with Peppers & Onions

This easy and delicious chicken breast recipe is from food.com (http://www.food.com/recipe/balsamic-chicken-breasts-with-peppers-and-onions-91266). It is easily scale-able. 

I deviated from the recipe by using dried basil instead of fresh. I'm sure it would have been better with the fresh.

Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- salt & pepper
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil
- 4 cups thinly slice bell peppers (use mix of colors. Some stores like Publix sell bags of mixed colored bell peppers.)
- 1 medium onion sliced thin
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar (I used walnut strawberry balsamic.)

Directions

Season chicken with salt & pepper.

In a large skillet, sauté chicken breast in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium high heat, turning once for a total of about 8 minutes, or until golden brown. (If the chicken breasts are thin, you may want to do 3  or 3&1/2 minutes per side.)

Transfer chicken to a plate.

Add remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the skillet and cook peppers and onions, stirring often until just softened.

Add garlic and stir for about 1 minute.

Stir in basil and vinegar, and return chicken  and juices to the skillet.

Reduce heat to low, and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 3 more minutes.

Taste and adjust salt and pepper seasonings.

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