Balsamic Glazed Chicken

Since we ate like piglets at the Braves game yesterday, we decided we needed some greenery and un-fried chicken. I was really excited to see how pretty the chicken turned out; especially since it was so simple. Here's how I did it:

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless is my preference, but you can do what you please
• 3/4 cup good quality balsamic vinegar
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat a frying pan to medium high heat, and spray lightly with non-stick cooking spray. (I use the olive oil kind.)
2. Salt and pepper both sides of chicken breasts, and place them in the pan for roughly 3 minutes per side. After they have gotten some pretty brown color on each side, place them in a baking dish and into the oven until they are no longer pink. I think this took me 12-15 minutes or so.
3. While the chicken is in the oven, add the balsamic vinegar, sugar, and 1 tsp salt to a small saucepan and simmer until it is reduced by roughly half its original volume.
4. Remove the chicken from the oven, let rest, then slice and top with balsamic glaze.

This goes great with a summer salad. Yum!