Chicken With Caramelized Onions

Recipe Ingredients

		Vegetable cooking spray
6 cups	375g / 13oz	Thinly sliced onion
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground red pepper
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Black pepper
1/2 cup	118ml	Low-salt chicken broth - divided
1/4 cup	59ml	Balsamic vinegar
6		Boneless skinless chicken breast halves

Recipe Instructions

Coat a large skillet with cooking spray, and place over medium heat until hot. Add onion; cover and cook 10 minutes or until deep golden, stirring frequently.

Combine salt, thyme, red pepper, and black pepper, and stir well. Sprinkle half of spice mixture over onions. Add 1/4 cup of chicken broth to the onion mixture, and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add 2 tablespoons broth, and cook until liquid evaporates, scraping bottom of skillet with a wooden spoon to loosen the browned bits.

Repeat procedure with remaining 2 tablespoons broth. Add vinegar, and cook an additional 2 minutes or until most of the liquid evaporates. Remove onion mixture from pan; set aside, and keep warm.

Rub chicken with remaining spice mixture. Recoat skillet with cooking spray, and place over medium-high heat until hot. Add the chicken, and cook for 5 minutes on each side or until done. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 1/3 cup onion mixture).

Source:
Cooking Light, May 1995, page 86

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