{"id":13677,"date":"2011-02-21T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T17:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13677"},"modified":"2011-02-21T09:26:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T17:26:56","slug":"skinny-poulet-au-vinaigre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13677","title":{"rendered":"Skinny Poulet Au Vinaigre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like chicken again. For a long time I didn&#8217;t like chicken because I sucked at cooking it: it was dry, overdone, flavorless. The trick? Finding a few GOOD recipes that are tasty have made all the difference. A few sites that I&#8217;ve been happy with in regards to chicken recipes are: Real Simple, Eating Well and Gina&#8217;s Weight Watchers Recipes. Just because it tastes good doesn&#8217;t mean it has to be high in calories!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5476.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13689\" title=\"IMG_5476\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5476-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5476-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5476-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Gina&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skinnytaste.com\/2010\/12\/skinless-chicken-thighs-with-shallots.html\">Skinless Chicken Thighs with Shallots in Red Wine Vinegar (Poulet Au Vinaigre)<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">From Gina&#8217;s Weight Watcher Recipes<strong> <\/strong><br \/>\nServings: 4 | Serving Size: 2 thighs with shallot sauce | Old Points: 5 pts | Points+: 6 pts\u00a0 | Calories: 242.5<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">8 lean chicken thighs, skin removed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">salt and fresh pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1\/2 cup red wine vinegar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1 cup fat free chicken broth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1 tbsp honey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1 tbsp tomato paste<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1 tsp butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1 large shallot, thinly sliced (3\/4 cup)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1\/2 cup dry white wine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">2 tbsp light sour cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">2 tbsp fresh chopped parsley<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">1. Season chicken with salt and pepper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">2. In a medium saucepan, combine vinegar, honey, 3\/4 cup chicken broth and tomato paste. Boil about 5 minutes, until it reduces down to about 3\/4 cup. Remove from heat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">3. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat and add chicken. Cook on both sides, until brown, about 6-8 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside. Add the shallots and garlic to the skillet and cook on low until soft, about 5 minutes. Pour the sauce over the chicken, add the wine, remaining broth salt and pepper. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes until tender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">4. Remove the chicken, add sour cream and stir into the sauce (if sauce dries up, add more broth). Boil a few minutes then return chicken to skillet. Top with fresh parsley.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was in charge of making salads and prepping all the ingredients. I wish I had paid more attention to what Michael was doing to cook the food but I was too busy prepping everything.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13684\" title=\"IMG_5471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5471-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5471-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5471-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI skinned the chicken thighs and Michael cooked them in the skillet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13685\" title=\"IMG_5472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5472-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5472-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5472-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5472.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI decided I wanted to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/giada-de-laurentiis\/red-wine-vinaigrette-recipe\/index.html\">this recipe<\/a> for the salad dressing. I thought it would go nicely with the red wine vinegar sauce on the chicken. Unfortunately it was a big, disgusting fail. Thankfully I tested the dressing before adding it to our salads. I was annoyed to dump it all out. I hate wasting products!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5473.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13686\" title=\"IMG_5473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5473-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5473-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5473-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nInstead I used the light raspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing for mine and just plain oil and balsamic for Michael&#8217;s salad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13688\" title=\"IMG_5475\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5475-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5475-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5475-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5475.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter the chicken was cooked and browned, Michael took it out and then added the sour cream to the sauce, letting it boil and thicken into a sauce. Then he plated the chicken into our pasta bowls and poured the gravy over the top of the chicken.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5477.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13690\" title=\"IMG_5477\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5477-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5477-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5477-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe chicken was great! I liked this one a lot (Michael thought the instructions were goofy and could have been done better). The sauce was tangy and salty in a wonderful way. I wish there had been MORE sauce but I think part of the reason for that was that we halved the recipe so there wouldn&#8217;t be any leftovers. Next time I&#8217;d make a little more sauce!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5479.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13692\" title=\"IMG_5479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5479-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5479-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5479-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI really enjoyed this chicken. If I had to rank the chicken recipes we&#8217;ve done lately, I&#8217;d say they are in this order:<\/p>\n<p>1.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13245\"> Braised Chicken with Spring Vegetables<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Poulet Au Vinaigre<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=12835\">Quick Coq au Vin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All this menu planning and recipe experimenting has been FUN. I&#8217;ve learned a lot of things in the last few months and I&#8217;m having a great time eating the food! Plus, I think all the clean eating I&#8217;ve been doing has helped with my weight loss.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: How was your weekend? Did you make anything spectacular?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like chicken again. For a long time I didn&#8217;t like chicken because I sucked at cooking it: it was dry, overdone, flavorless. The trick? Finding a few GOOD recipes that are tasty have made all the difference. A few sites that I&#8217;ve been happy with in regards to chicken recipes are: Real Simple, Eating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,1621,2124,315,2372,104,152,154,212,2598,303],"tags":[2261,1624,2600,8770,2376,2599,934,8758,2473],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_5478.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13677"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13703,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677\/revisions\/13703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}