Charlie, found another chicken in vinegar that sounds good...

cheezz

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I loved the red wine vinegar recipe you posted - so did hubby! I am going through old magazines and came across this one in a May 1991 Bon Appetit:

Chicken in Tarragon Vinegar Sauce

(Poulet Au Vinaigre D'Estragon)

One 3-1/2 lb. chicken, quartered

6 Tbl. unsalted butter

1 onion, chopped

1 carrot, chopped

2 large garlic cloves, chopped

1 tbl. tomato paste

2 large ripe tomatoes, chopped

1 cup tarragon vinegar

1 cup dry white wine

8 large fresh tarragon sprigs or 1 tsp. dried, crumbled

3 fresh parsley sprigs

3 large fresh thyme sprigs or 1/2 tsp. dried, crumbled

1 bay leaf

1 tsp. pepper

1/4 cup creme fraiche or whipping cream

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Melt butter in heavy large deep skillet over med-hi heat. Add chicken and brown on all sides, turning occasionally, about 5 min. Transfer to plate. Add onion, carrot and garlic to same skillet and saute until onion is translucent, about 3 min. Mix in tomato paste, then tomatoes, vinegar, wine, 4 tarragon sprigs (or 1 tsp. dried), parsley, thyme, bay leaf and pepper. Bring mixture to simmer. Return chicken pieces to skillet. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until chicken breasts are cooked through, turning once, about 25 min. Transfer breasts to platter and continue cooking rest of chicken about 5 min. longer, until cooked through. Transfer to platter.

Pour contents of skillet through sieve, pressing hard on solids with back of spoon. Return sauce to skillet and boil until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 min. Whisk in creme fraiche; season with salt and pepper. Return chicken to skillet and simmer about 2 min. until heated through. Arrange chicken on platter and spoon sauce over. Garnish with remaining tarragon sprigs.

 
Chicken in vinegar NFRC

Does anyone remember the experiment in school which takes a chicken bone and submerges it in vinegar? After a few days, the bone is like a piece of rubber. We've had to do this "experiment" several time as the boys did their science labs.

(Well, this isn't the most appetizing thought, but this is what crossed my mind when I saw your post!!!)

Cheezz, your recipe and Charlie's previous post sound delicious!! I've had Charlie's recipe on my "to try" list--have to get to it!!

 
I made it a couple of days ago and almost didn't get past the first steps...

The strong smell of the vinegar reducing almost brought tears to my eyes and I thought "wow, this is going to be WAYYYY too strong to eat". Well, I went on faith and saw it through to the end. I tasted the finished product and (knowing my hubby likes mild things), I added 1 more tbl. honey and 1 tbl. more whipping cream.... PERFECT!!!! We both really loved it and it's going in my own T&T file.

 
Thanks for this one--my mom frequently made a simple vinegared chicken recipe. She would...

cut up the bird; then brown it in olive oil with plently of garlic in a big pot. She'd sprinkle it with oregano, hot pepper flakes and douse it with vinegar. (homemade usually)Cook partially covered for about 25 minutes. Add a bit more vinegar at the end. I always liked it tangy. You will eat more than you should.

 
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