shabby chick

Friday, March 20, 2015

Balsamic Baked Chicken

Ingredients:
1-2 bags fresh spinach-I usually use 2 bags
4 Chicken breasts
2 Roma tomatoes or a package of grape tomatoes
1 package sliced mushrooms (or 1 jar, drained)
1 packet Good Seasons Italian dressing mix
Balsamic vinegar
¼ cup brown sugar
Parmesan Cheese
Angel Hair Pasta

Preparation:
Put the spinach in the bottom of a greased Pyrex dish.  (It will seem like a lot but it wilts way down while cooking.)  Lay the chicken breasts on top of the spinach.  Salt and pepper the chicken breasts.  Cut up the tomatoes and put on top of the chicken.  Put mushrooms on top.
Make the Italian dressing according to the directions, but use balsamic vinegar rather than the water called for.  Add brown sugar to dressing. Shake well.  Pour entire bottle over the food.  Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.  Cover loosely with tin foil and bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.  Serve over angel hair pasta.

If preparing to bring to a friend, you could opt to bring it over ready to go in the oven, but with the dressing mixture already prepared but separate in a container with instructions to pour it over everything before cooking.