Sunday, 1 March 2026

Baked Balsamic Chicken

 Makes the chicken very tasty. Marinate for at least 2 hours or overnight.


4 chicken breasts or chicken tenders

Sauce:

  • 1/2 cup (65 ml) balsamic vinegar
  • 5 tbsp / 50 ml soy sauce, all purpose or light (not dark soy sauce)
  • 1/2 cup (85 g / 65 ml) honey
  • 1/4 cup (45g) brown sugar
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced (or 1 1/2 tsp garlic paste from jar)

Instructions

1.                 Mix together Sauce in a bowl. Place chicken in baking dish making sure the pan is big enough so the chicken is not squished up next to each other and pour over sauce. Marinate overnight or at least 2 hours.

2.                 Preheat oven to 180C/350F Gas 5.

3.                 Pour off most of sauce into saucepan. Bake 20 minutes. Turn chicken over, spoon over sauce and cook for further 10-20 minutes depending on size of chicken.

4.                 Heat sauce in pan till it has thickened (add cornflour if required). Stand for 5 minutes, then spoon Sauce over chicken and serve.