I love sheet pan recipes because everything goes in one place and cooks and that’s it. Well sort of. In order for a sheet pan recipe to be successful, the cooking times and temperature of the ingredients has to be the same. In this case, we’re doing 425 F for about 40 minutes. And halfway through the cooking time, when we add the balsamic sauce to the chicken, we can also add in fresh asparagus. We’ll just want to toss the asparagus in a little olive oil and season with a pinch of salt first, then it can go right into the middle of the pan. And… here’s the best part… we can get everything into the oven after just a few minutes of prep. Then, we make our magical balsamic sauce. Oh my goodness let’s talk about that for a bit.
Balsamic Sauce with a secret ingredient
Balsamic vinegar is a dark Italian vinegar that been aged in barrels. It has a bold, almost fruity flavor with a very distinctive taste that lends itself so well to a variety of excellent dishes. For our balsamic sauce we’re going to add together balsamic vinegar with chicken broth, brown sugar, some fresh rosemary and flat leaf parsley and the secret ingredient – malt vinegar. Why two vinegars? Simple, the other ingredients in the sauce marry the flavors together perfectly to create a savory sauce for the chicken that is an absolute delight. Nothing will be too overpowering. Everything will accentuate the flavor of the chicken to make it more savory than you can imagine.
Heavenly potato wedges
Russet potatoes are so good when they’re made into roasted potato wedges. They have a naturally light, fluffy and earthy flavor, that, when roasted, have a slight, chewy crunch on the outside and a buttery texture on the inside. For this recipe we continue with the balsamic and rosemary theme, this time adding garlic. We use both minced garlic and garlic powder. The powder permeates the potatoes bringing the flavor to the inside, the minced garlic works on the outside of the potato and will roast to bring out additional goodness. 4 from 1 reviews Also, tag @recipe_teacher on Instagram and hashtag it #recipeteacher
