Chicken With Two Vinegars
- 1 3- to 4-pound chicken, cut into serving pieces
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup Champagne vinegar or other white wine vinegar
- 4 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
- 1/2 cup French chardonnay or other white wine
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
- 6 to 8 plum tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped
- 13 cup heavy cream
- Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- In a large cast-iron skillet, heat the oil and butter over medium-high heat, and saute chicken until golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes a side.
- Transfer chicken to a platter.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from the skillet.
- Add the red and white vinegars, and deglaze the pan, scraping the bottom with a spatula.
- Add the shallots, and saute briefly until they become translucent.
- Add the white wine, and bring to a boil.
- Return chicken to the pan, cover, and reduce heat to low.
- Simmer for 15 minutes, then transfer chicken to a platter.
- Add chicken stock and tomatoes to the pan.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until tomatoes begin to break down and form a sauce, about 10 minutes.
- Add heavy cream, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and return chicken pieces to pan.
- Cook until chicken is heated through and coated with sauce, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Serve, if desired, with steamed rice or small tubular pasta like ziti.
salt, olive oil, unsalted butter, red wine vinegar, vinegar, shallots, white wine, chicken stock, tomatoes, heavy cream
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10581 (may not work)