Chicken Agrodolce (an Italian Sweet And Sour Chicken)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3 bay leaves
• 6 allspice berries
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1/3 cup dry wine
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• salt and pepper (about a tsp. each)
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 tablespoons toasted pignolis (pine nuts)

Recipe

• 1 in a large plastic bag, combine flour and chicken breasts, toss to coat.
• 2 in a large skillet, saute floured chicken breasts in olive oil with the whole garlic, bay leaves and allspice berries until chicken is browned.
• 3 remove chicken to a plate.
• 4 to the skillet, add honey, vinegar and wine; cook to reduce slightly, about 10 minutes on medium-high heat.
• 5 return chicken to skillet, add orange and lemon juices, salt and pepper, and cook about another 20 minutes or until chicken is done and sauce is reduced slightly.
• 6 remove garlic, bay leaves and allspice berries from sauce.
• 7 add pignoli and heat through, another 5 minutes or so.
• 8 delicious with angel hair pasta or a nice risotto.