Herb Chicken with Warm Vinaigrette

From: justcallmetoni

On May 6, 2008

Find a recipe with balsamic vinegar and I am there. The chicken in this dish was just superb and I was impressed with how much flavor the chicken absorbed after soak in the herbed sauce for just five minutes. To make this lighter, I cooked the chicken in olive oil spray and used 2/3rds of the amount of oil in the dressing. For the vinaigrette I had a difficult time finding good Roma tomatoes and recalled another chef having used cherry or grape tomatoes, and decided to follow suit. As much as I loved the chicken, I was disappointed with the sauce. The tomatoes and vinegar were delicious but I found there was too much oil which overpowered the flavor and texture of the sauce. Both the oil and vinegar were top quality so I don't think that was the issue. While I will certainly make the chicken often, my inclination is to tinker with the sauce halving the oil and adding more vinegar and perhaps some crushed garlic. Made for the Safari Supper Club's Spring Spectacular.

From: TeresaS

On Mar 6, 2008

This is an excellent recipe. My DSIL who is almost a chef talked me into buying a real expensive bottle of balsamic vinegar (I was happy it was on sale) . He cooked it down to half of what the bottle had it it and made it into a syrup. He told me that is what REAL balsamic vinegar was suppose to taste like. Boy is it good. So where am I going with this, make sure you use a really good balsamic vinegar. That is what this recipe is all about. The taste is awesome. I really enjoyed it. Thanks Kim127 for posting.

From: ladypit

On Apr 26, 2004

This smelled wonderful cooking. The tomatoes cooked in balsamic were great. All in all it was good, but somehow lacked something. I felt like I could taste the olive oil more then I wanted, but the balsamic not as much as I wanted. I plan to try this again and play with it a bit. Maybe some carmelized onions as well?

From: Boca Pat

On Apr 6, 2004

This recipe got my attention when I saw balsamic & tomatoes. I knew it had to be good. It was EXCELLENT. I'll be making this quite often, that's for sure. The only thing I changed was to add cherry tomatoes, cut in half. Great recipe....Thanks Kim