Maple-Balsamic Chicken

Maple-Balsamic Chicken

This recipe's prime virtues are tastiness, speed, and ease!

4 skinned, boneless breasts, cut into "chicken tender" style strips
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 (14/5 oz.) can chicken broth
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper

Preheat a large non-stick frying pan and add chicken. Sprinkle with approx. half the salt, paprika and thyme. Cook til golden brown, several minutes. Turn, sprinkle and brown the second side. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer on low 20 minutes.

-- adapted from a recipe in Southern Living Magazine (unknown issue 2004 or 2005, probably) article "Fast Chicken and Rice" contributed by Jim Pleasants--Williamsburg, VA