Chicken with Balsamic-Fig Sauce

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4 servings (serving size: 4 ounces chicken and 1/4 cup sauce)
By Maureen Callahan
May 2006
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

This chicken recipe yields about four ounces cooked meat from one chicken breast and 3/4 teaspoon oil--about 3/4 of her daily meat and 15 percent of Nunes's oil allowance per MyPyramid recommendations.

Ingredients

  • 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped dried figs (such as Mission)

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 355
  • Caloriesfromfat 28%
  • Fat 11g
  • Satfat 3.6g
  • Monofat 4.9g
  • Polyfat 1.5g
  • Protein 41.3g
  • Carbohydrate 21.6g
  • Fiber 3g
  • Cholesterol 116mg
  • Iron 2.1mg
  • Sodium 563mg
  • Calcium 71mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Sprinkle both sides of chicken evenly with 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 6 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan; keep warm.

Step 2

Reduce heat to medium; add butter to pan. Add onion; sauté 3 minutes. Add broth, vinegar, soy sauce, and figs. Simmer until sauce is reduced to 1 cup (about 3 minutes). Add 1 tablespoon thyme and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cut chicken breast halves lengthwise on the diagonal into slices. Serve sauce over chicken.

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August 20, 2014
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March 25, 2013
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gdcard5
January 24, 2013
My Darling Husband fixed this for dinner tonight, and we're not sure we've ever had better food. This dish was better than eating at an expensive restaurant. We can't wait to serve it to friends and family. Exquisite!

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jenniferrachelr
August 28, 2012
I used fresh figs and this dish was excellent!

KristaZeCook's Review

amyNmatt
October 03, 2010
This meal was really awesome, we used fresh black mission figs, and added 1 teaspoon of turbinado to the sauce to help sweeten a little, and it came out perfect. Our sides were toasted pine nut couscous and broccoli. Very good recipe!

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Cinwir1
January 10, 2010
My husband and I made this dish several months ago and we loved it--the sauce was delish. I just looked it up to make it again soon.

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ljbtampa
April 15, 2009
Made this as written. The sauce is fantastic. Made one-fourth of the sauce another night, and then wilted some fresh spinach in it. A divine side dish.

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thisshell
December 21, 2008
This was really tasty. I realized after I started cooking that I couldn't find the dried figs I thought I had on hand. I had made fig jam the week before and had leftovers in the freezer, so I used that instead and it turned out really well. I served it with lemon couscous and hericot verts.